Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan Cardish wrote: >>> But the metering in the Leica was not designed for spur of the moment > shooting, Ted's success with it notwithstanding. It is *selective* > metering, which means in general you must be selective in what you meter.<< Dan old buddy be that as it may. I've never fiddled with what you're saying. I've always looked through the M6 viewfinder, set the arrowheads red with the camera pointed at what I'm photographing and shoot at what I'm taking a picture of. That's it period! And I swear it's 99.99999999999% correct since 1985 when the first M6's were in my hands. So take a wild guesstimation at the numbers of frames I've shot in that time till today as a working photojournalist simply by making the red lights light evenly and ....shoot! :-) And I swear that's the way I've done it and every frame in the Dr. Osler book where an M6 was used, the metering was in exactly that manner. There's never been any idea that I was doing it wrong in the manner you explained being selective for a meter reading. >It is *selective* metering, which means in general you must be selective in what you meter.<< Gee Dan maybe you should forget that system and "light the lights and shoot!" I suppose I'm doing it "selectively" as the meter is reading the "selected picture area" and that's all that one needs to worry about. ;-) Isn't it? :-) The meter may supposed to be used in a selective manner, but the way I shot a the M7 roll in complete reckless abandon with every exposure right on the mark says something about the accuracy of just forgetting all the "written stuff" and doing it real-time and just look through the viewfinder and if it's exciting....... shoot! Isn't it worth a try in this manner and never mind the book stuff.? ted Ted Grant Photography Limited www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html