Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I must confess that I just about died laughing when I read that passage in the book. I have no idea how he ever came to think that! The meter does not work that way. It is as your manual states a strongly center-weighted pattern. You can only can change the meter's field of view by switching lens focal lengths. > From: Kenneth Epstein <kepstein@mediaone.net> > Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 09:10:16 -0500 > Subject: [Leica] Adjustable selective metering? > > I am a new Leica user, and I have been reading the Leica M Compendium by > Jonathan Eastland. In reference to the chapter on metering (7.1), he states > that by changing the frame preselector lever, the metering area is also > modified (i.e. switch to 135 mm and get a spot meter). Is this indeed how > the metering works, and if so how does the meter know the area to use > between the two frames which are selected for each setting? > > I might add, that when metering a scene with alternating light and dark > areas, changing the frame selector does not seem to alter the meter reading. >