Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If you know how much the meter is fooled, isn't it quicker to move aperture/shutter speed in manual rather than EC? john ________________________________________ Different horses for courses. In a fast moving street situation, auto-stuff is useful and one can learn exactly how much the meter is fooled. If you are sitting around in one area or in areas where the exposure is relatively similar, then of course manual is just fine. // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 5:52 PM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>wrote: > Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > > >Or more precisely, the Leica large spot meter is a dumb, simple system > that > >does exactly what a dumb system does, accurately and predictably. What you > >told it, not what you meant! No training wheels ;-) ;-) > >When you get the wrong result (as I do regularly) the error is not inside > >the camera ;-) ;-) ;-) > > Exactly why I use manual exposure 100% of the time. The light meter is > totally, predictably dumb. I never have to guess what the meter is > compensating for and guess how much compensation I need to reverse. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com >