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Subject: RE: [Leica] How does the Leica R8 calculate exposure in matrix metering mode?
From: Douglas Herr<telyt@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 13:15:46 -0700

On Fri, 24 May 2002 15:33:59 -0400 "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote:

> :-) Don't get me wrong, Doug; I certainly 
> believe that autofocus and motordrives - and 
> matrix metering have their place. But 
> bracketing subjects that may move at all? I 
> don't think so.;-)

agreed on all counts.  add automatic focus bracketing (does the new Contax N do this?) to automatic exposure bracketing and you get one exposure out of nine that's right - assuming the subject doesn't move.
 
B. D.

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Subject: RE: [Leica] How does the Leica R8 calculate exposure in matrix
metering mode?


On Fri, 24 May 2002 14:14:51 -0400 "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
wrote:

> I'm always amused by the concept of bracketing -
> except for 'trees and rocks' work.
>
> ....so while bracketing is great when you're
> using a tripod to shoot a giant redwood on a
> windless day, using bracketing with matrix or
> any other form of metering may insure that you
> will have at least one correctly exposed frame
> out of three, it never insures that you have the
> right frame correctly exposed.

I've seen examples of this where the photographer was using a motorized
auto-everything camera to photograph a heron in flight - the photo with the
best exposure had the heron in a dorky wing position, auto-focussed on the
bird's wingtip while the head was clearly out of focus.  And this in a
magazine article explaining the virtues of automated camera features.


Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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