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Subject: [Leica] Metering on Canon DSLR with Leica R Lens
From: nathan.wajsman at planet.nl (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Sun Oct 30 21:30:07 2005
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I have my 1D Mk2 set to evaluative metering with no problem. Same thing 
when I was using a 20D. Sometimes the exposure is off, but when that 
happens it is my fault, not because of the Leica R lens on the camera. 
It happens with Canon lenses too. In any event, since I shoot RAW, 
exposure errors are easy to correct when converting, of course within 
limits.

Nathan

Yan Zhan Lee wrote:

> Dear Luggers,
> 
> I've been metering on my 20D and Leica R lens(using Aperture Priority) 
> on all modes: Evaluative, Partial, Centerweighted Averaging with mix 
> results.  Most of the time, regardless of mode, I have to do some manual 
> adjustments, otherwise, the pictures appear dark.  Is it possible that 
> with Leica lens, since the AF points are not active, the metering mode 
> is not working optimally.  My research suggest I use Partial which is 
> like semi-spot with center 9% being metered.  But sometime it doesn't 
> really read the light correctly.  Whats the "best" mode to use?
> Pls share your experience here.
> 
> Many Thanks
> Lee
> 
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