Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/16
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Gary Elshaw wrote:
snip:
> Hi All,
>
> Well, i've decided to take the plunge and buy a new light meter due to my
> desire to buy a used Summilux, displacing my MR Meter
Horst wrote:
"Gary, You are supposed to mount your Summilux on to the bayonet mount of the
camera. (Big hole roughly in the middle) and not on to the accessory shoe.That
way you can still use the Leica meter"
Very funny Horst ;-) I use an M3, and therefore have to use my external
finder for 35 framelines. But nice joke; it also might explain the calibre
of my shots recently. I might start putting the meter where the lens is
supposed to go and improve my photographs.
Take care,
Gary
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Gary Elshaw
Victoria University
New Zealand
http://members.tripod.com/~elshaw/index.html
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