Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/03
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At 2:00 PM -0700 5/3/01, Mark Rabiner wrote:
>"Rodgers, David" wrote:
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> >>I use the 12mm. I'd recommend a separate exposure meter, as the in-camera
>> meter tends to average in the sky and give under-exposure of your
>> foreground (at least with an M6).<<
>>
>> This is big issue with the 15 as well. I had all kinds of problems with
>> exposure, which is why I put the 15 aside of a while when I went back to
>> chrome film. The M6 meter is easily fooled by a Superwide, it seems. At
>> least, that's been my experience. And it's not a simple, "If this, then
>> compensate by this." It's generally unpredictable.
>>
>> Dave
>
>cant you just point the thing down more at the ground when you take a reading?
>
>
>Mark Rabiner
>
>Portland, Oregon
>USA
>dirty pictures here:
>http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/
>
>need to "noscratch!"
Yep. Just as you need to watch your horizon more carefully, you also
have to adjust your metering technique. No need for an external meter
for reflected readings.
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