Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My thanks to everyone who replied. The solution was, in the words of Jim Brick <jimbrick@photoaccess.com> >Meter the same as normal, except the viewfinder will get dark as you stop down. But it all works perfectly. However, it may not be not quite that simple. Sitting last night in my study, poring through many a volume of forgotten Leica lore, I came across a brief description of a similar process process in Kisselbach's "Leicaflex Book". He's talking about using single-cam lenses on the SL, and notes that "Because the new [TTL] measuring system starts from a limit stop, which is not incorporated in these lenses, a small deviation will occur. You can compensate for this by rating the film speed slower by 2 DIN." A similar note in the 15th edition of "The Leica Manual" suggests derating the film speed by half. Regards, Doug Richardson