Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/11/23

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Subject: Re: Intermediate apertures on M6
From: "Charles E. Love, Jr." <cel14@cornell.edu>
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 18:45:19 -0500 (EST)

At 06:59 PM 11/22/96 -0600, you wrote:
>Following the discussion on intermediate shutter speeds on the
>M6, I an curious how accurately intermediate aperture settings
>can be set on the M6. I presume that metering would still function
>properly, but would film exposure be adjustable by less than 1/2
>stop settings in this way?
>- GH
>
Should be no problem.  Unlike SLR's, Leica RF's don't have to close down
their lenses just before they make their exposures, because, since we don't
look through the lens with a RF, they are always at working aperture.  So,
wherever you set it, metering should be OK (since it meters with the actual
diaphram setting, rather than a simulated one), and so should exposure (if
the meter says so, you know what you're doing, etc. :-))

Charlie

Charles E. Love, Jr.
CEL14@CORNELL.EDU