Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bud, I use the MR-4 meter and have very good results with Kodachrome 25. Some suggestions: 1. Point the meter down towards the ground when you measure a typical landscape. This is an traditional practice that many photographers used in the old days of broad acceptance-angle meters. Too much sky usually fooled meters. 2. Try to get close to your subject. 3. Make sure the meter is in good calibration - maybe it meeds a check or new mercury battery. In the past, I used the selenium Leicameter and made sure to point it down. For me, it worked well because it integrated a broad range of light values, sort of a primitive analog matrix meter. You can use the same technique with the Pentax Spotmatic or other SLR's that have averaging meters. Another option: Use a modern hand-held meter with an incident dome. I find that the incident reading is almost always perfect for landscapes and urbanscapes. I have a Gossen Luna-Pro Digital - it is compact, accurate, easy to use. Good luck, Andy Morang Vicksburg, MS