Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/04/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In message <009A10FE.0048A3CE.273@WKUVX1.WKU.EDU>, Sweendog <sweenma@WKUVX1.WKU.EDU> writes >I've got a quick question on the M6 (I'm thinking of buying one and >gettin rid of my M3). With the metering and the recent discussion over >the zone system, how would you apply that to the M6? I guess what I'm >asking is how do you know what area is being metered & with what >different lenses, since true zone system-ing requires a spot meter. With the M6, to determine the metered area you simply visualise a cicle in the centre of the viewfinder that has a diameter 2/3 of the height of the framelines in use at the time. Think of it as a large spot meter. It becomes second nature very quickly. [It's a lot simpler than fiddling around with different framelines, although you can do that if you want, using the next smaller frameline than the correct one for the lens you're using to indicate the approximate metered area]. -- joe b.