Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/18

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Consistent underexposure problem
From: dmorton@journalist.co.uk (David Morton)
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 20:55 +0100 (BST)

Anthony Atkielski wrote:

> Uh... this worries me.  Are you saying that after spending $3000 on a 
> camera
> body, I have to check it to see if the factory spent the few minutes 
> necessary
> to calibrate the meter??

At the Leica Akademie recently, out of 12 new looking M6 TTL cameras 
handed out to the students for their first exercise, one had a meter that 
was 2-3 stops off the correct calibration.

Luckily we spotted that it didn't agree with my trusty Sekonic 308. 

This became somewhat ironic later that day, when one of the tutors scoffed 
at my carrying such a thing and "not trusting the metering on the M6".

David Morton