RE: [Leica] Leica and hand-held meters

["Tim Atherton" <tim@KairosPhoto.com>]

Interestingly, I think David Alan Harvey said he just uses the M6 meter,
never bothers with a hand held.

Tim A

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of George Day
> Sent: March 9, 2001 8:23 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica and hand-held meters
>
>
> I always have a handheld meter (Luna Pro F2 or Minolta IV) on me -- meters
> live in all my camera bags and get used no matter what I'm shooting, be it
> 4x5 or 35mm.  But that's me.
>
> NO ARCHIVE
>
> on 3/9/01 5:35 PM, Guy Bennett at gbennett@lainet.com wrote:
>
> >> I'm curious how many of our LUG correspondents with in-Leica meters use
> >> handheld exposure meters (sometimes?) (often?) (when?) and why.
> >> As a long-time Hasselblad schlepper, carrying a spot meter is
> a habit. I use
> >> it with my M6 but not on every candid.
> >> Oliver Bryk
> >
> >
> > I use a handheld meter very frequently with my M6 TTLs, because
> I like to
> > take incident readings in tricky lighting situations, when possible and
> > appropriate.
> >
> > After the rave reviews of many on this list, the Luna Pro
> Digital was the
> > meter I chose, and I'm very happy with it.
> >
> > Guy
> >
>