Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If Ted says it will work for lit-up scenes at night, I plan to try it. But like you, I tend to use my spot meter in most other circumstances. It is a 30-year-habit that is hard to break. More than that, I feel much more in touch with my exposure control, and I feel as if I have a sense of how the brightness levels will turn out. Of course, with the night scenes under discussion, I would be at a loss with the spot technique. I wonder how many experienced Leica users have allowed themselves to defer decisions to the matrix. And I wonder if, in general usage, a knowledgeable photographer would get different results with the matrix than with the spot. I am thinking primarily of work with color slides, but I would be interested in hearing about all kinds of actual comparisons. Julian - ----- Original Message ----- From: Bernard <5521.g23@g23.relcom.ru> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, December 20, 1999 3:52 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Exposing slide film at night Ted Grant wrote: > However, each one is a "keeper" and speaks for the credibility of the > R8 meter system. Bracketing makes a slight difference, even so, you > could probably run with anyone of them. All the bracketing does is > give you a varying degree of goodness. But how can the matrix be so good, while it has only so few segments? It's better than integral metering, but it can't really be *that* awfully good, can it? It just doesn't seem to make sense. I have an R8, but I tend to go for the spot meter more than anything else.... Bernard