Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Minolta's excuse for the dead meter in manual was that anyone using manual would not be using the onboard meter anyway. It cut down on battery use, so I suppose there was some logic. On Saturday, May 22, 2004, at 06:54 Australia/Melbourne, Douglas M. Sharp wrote: > > Too right Karen, that's exactly what always annoyed me about the CLE, > otherwise it's a brilliant piece of equipment, light, perfect > automatic metering > (particularly for long exposures, wonderful soft shutter release, SCA > dedicated flash. If they only rebuilt it with a couple of extra > metering modes and > a couple of frames more in the VF/RF I wouldn't even think about a new > Leica body. > Douglas > > Karen Nakamura schrieb: > >> >> BUUUUUTTT.. The meter only works in AE mode. The meter inexplicably >> does not work for manual photography. It's effectively meter-less >> once you switch off AE. Otherwise, it'd have been a perfect camera. >> >> Karen >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Alastair