Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/11/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]One way to solve this problem. Pull the battery and use a hand held meter. At 12:33 PM 11/22/96 -0700, you wrote: >After following the intermediate shutter speed thread with interest I find >myself wondering why I should bother. Adjusting the aperture ring seems a >far more satisfactory solution. I don't shoot a lot of transparencies and >so I don't fret over third stop differences in exposure, but if I did (or >when I do) I think that adjustment of the aperture ring would be the best >way to fine tune exposure on the M6. The advantage is that the meter will >still work while making the adjustment, so you can dial in the exact >exposure. Choosing an intermediate shutter speed is guesswork and, >possibly, detrimental to the camera. Perhaps others disagree, but the >change in depth of field required to shift exposure in 1/3 stop increments >should be minimal and irrelevant. > >-Charlie > >-------------------------------------------- > Charles E. Dunlap > Earth Sciences Deptartment > University of California > Santa Cruz, CA 95064 >Tel.: (408) 459-5228 Fax.: (408) 459-3074 >-------------------------------------------- > > > Brian Levy, J.D. Agincourt Ont. dlevy@worldy.com