Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]but it would have done nothing in Phil's photo -- as he wasn't under the same light the street workers were. i'd probably just go with ye olde "guess, shoot fast and look at the histogram" in that situation On Oct 31, 2010, at 4:10 AM, Frank Dernie wrote: > When using a camera with a very basic reflected light meter, such as the > Leica M digitals, a handheld incident meter is a much better bet than the > in camera meter, particularly with WA lenses. > With normal and long lenses it is amazing how well it gets away with it > most of the time, being such a very simple centre weighted system. > FD > > On 30 Oct, 2010, at 22:09, Phil wrote: > >> thanks very much, Luis. >> The low light with such a wide angle lens as the 21mm Zeiss has a >> tendency to fool the meter in the M9 and M8. I find that I have to >> really watch the average between light and dark areas with the wides >> because the meter can read way over or under-exposure depending upon >> how much of the scene is light or dark. I think this shoot would have >> been better with a 35mm but I used what I had on the camera. One >> camera, one lens at that time. >> >> Phil Forrest > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information