Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Depends on what your meter is reading. The Leica M meters are heavily center-weighted. Whatever is right in the center of the photo is what is being measured. Other cameras might give a choice for spot, center-weighted, or averaging, but the rangefinder is center only - almost like a spot meter. That's what I prefer because I know exactly what is being measured and can measure and re-compose. Point it at Zone 5, recompose, all is well. Tina On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 4:14 PM, George Lottermoser < george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote: > > On Oct 3, 2013, at 1:34 AM, John McMaster wrote: > > > Shoot a white swan: increase exposure by compensation or any automatic > system will want it to be gray. Shoot a black cat and decrease exposure for > same reason. > > Really depends on whether the white swan, or black cat, fills the frame. > If half the frame is a white swan and the other half is a black cat > your "auto exposure" will render them perfectly. > > Basic photography 101. > > Basic photography 201 = zone system understanding. > > YMMV > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com