Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/14

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Subject: RE: [Leica] M7 Exposure
From: "bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 13:35:38 -0500

Right you are. Which is to say:
IF the M6 is a 1953 camera updated with 1962 metering,
THEN the M7 is a 1953 camera updated with 1972 metering.



- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of John
Collier
Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 12:23 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] M7 Exposure


There is no matrix metering, no evaluative exposure, no nothing. The M7 
takes its readings from a light circle on the shutter curtain. That is 
it. It is the same as an M6 except the camera twirls the shutter dial 
for you; figuratively speaking of course, the shutter speed is changed 
electronically.

John Collier

On Saturday, December 14, 2002, at 08:46 AM, bdcolen wrote:

> It struck me that what Bill was quite obviously asking was "how does
> the
> M7 meter handle high contrast situations?"
>
> And you can't seriously be suggesting that "the best way to find out 
> what will actually happen is to buy an M7 (for $2400) and forget about

> this nonsense!" - Perhaps discovering after you've paid $1000 more 
> than you'd pay these days for a mint m6TTL that the metering system 
> won't handle high contrast situations as well as you hoped. Duh!
>
> B. D.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of J.
> Gilbert
> Plantinga
> Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 7:31 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] M7 Exposure
>
>
> You're kidding right? Even if you use a manual camera and a spot 
> meter, you can't possibly get two medium grey horses unless you take 
> two shots on different pieces of film. Duh...
>
>
>
> g.
>
> On Friday, December 13, 2002, at 04:23  PM, Bill Satterfield wrote:
>
>> HOw does the M7 do photographing a side by side black horse and a 
>> white horse. Do both come out medium gray 18%?
>
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Replies: Reply from "Jeffrey Fass" <happy.eyeball@verizon.net> (Re: [Leica] M7 Exposure)