Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 metering.
From: "Charles E. Albertson" <chucko@ricochet.net>
Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 10:31:39 -0700

Incoming light reflects off the white blob on the front of the shutter
curtain, and is then "read" by a downward-pointing diode tucked in behind
the lens mount.

At 04:01 PM 5/21/1998 +0000, you wrote:
>I see that M5 metering works with a little arm  with a light
>sensor which retracts when you push the shutter, right?
>
>How does it work on the M6? Is there a little arm which retracts?
>If not, how does it "get in there" to measure the light?
>