Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm wondering if anyone else has had this problem. I recently bought a = new M6 and after shooting a few rolls found some inconsistencies in my = exposures that I didn't think were operator error. To prove myself = right, I carefully metered my garage door (which happens to be a giant = gray card!) and shot at 1000, 500, 250, etc. adjusting aperture = correspondingly, and had a contact sheet printed. So here's the problem: = it appears the shutter is too fast (ie. underexposing) by about 1 stop = at 500 and about 2 stops at 1000. Also, at 1000 the shutter speed is = uneven across the frame, showing 2 darker vertical bars near the left = edge and 1 darker bar near the right edge. No obvious unevenness at = other speeds. I tried the same test with my M2 and found no unevenness = but did find the shutter to be very slightly fast (1/2 stop) at 1000. = Any comments?