Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> LEICAMAN56@aol.com rumoured: > > > >> - Minolta is resurrecting the CLE. It will be identical to the original > CLE, > >> only some of the parts will be made out of newer materials. > > I had the whole CLE kit and sold it with no regrets. There was, to me, a > serious flaw with the CLE - you could either have auto-exposure (with no AE > lock) or no metering at all. Agreed, this was the most serious and product killing flaw. I still can't believe they did that, but I remember hearing an explanation for it. > The metering pattern could be improved as well. The dotty averaging pattern > could be replaced by a more useful and more sensitive M6 style central dot. Actually, this is an easy mod. Use a matt-black permanent marker. As I wrote previously, someone has used this trick to make M6 meter a true spot meter. However, the original metering pattern is centre-weighted.