Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>I use a hand held meter with my M6 and my other Leicas. Why with M6? Because you got used to doing it with your pre-6? > If I am in a hurry >and want to grab a shot with my Sekonic or Gossen still in the bag, I'll >then use the ttl meter. > >Roland Smith >Oakland, California I had a hand held meter but I got rid of it. It did not give me a single better exposed negative than the M6 meter. One of the virtues of the M6 is that it is so easy to take along in your jacket pocket, at least with 50 mm lenses or shorter. This advantage is lost if you have to drag along a separate meter. Even for landscapes, where one usually has more time to meter, I can not see any advantage in using a separate meter. In doubt I will bracket. Often I do not meter each individual shot but rather a green hedge or a lawn, or some grey asphalt or the back of my hand and adjust accordingly and then adjust for the sun going behind the clouds or coming out from behind the clouds, whatever may be the case. Two or three stops is usually enough for clouds going or coming. Try out what suits you for your pictures at your location. Just remember that the spot measured is a circle with a diameter roughly equal to one half of the short side of the picture. (Not two-thirds as the Manual says, if in doubt measure for yourself!) Can't wait to get that M7 Chris - -- Christer Almqvist D 20255 Hamburg and / or F 50590 Regnéville sur Mer please look at my b+w pictures at: http://www.almqvist.net/chris/new - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html