Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/27

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Subject: [Leica] Visoflex question
From: jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier)
Date: Mon Nov 27 15:42:15 2006
References: <E50B270C-BBE9-456C-8A7D-675A84507219@comcast.net>
 
Did you try using the slow rise option? That way the meter should  
have enough time to react.

John Collier

On 27-Nov-06, at 4:34 PM, Leonard Taupier wrote:

> A little while back the question was asked if the M7/M8 would work  
> in AE mode with a Visoflex. The answer came back yes it would. My  
> question is "How reliably". I just got a 65mm Elmar and universal  
> focusing mount for my Viso III. I tried it on my M7 in AE mode and  
> found that about 50% of the time the shutter would stay open about  
> 2 seconds way overexposing. I tried adjusting the screw to flip up  
> the mirror and let the M7 settle on a correct exposure. The  
> adjustment was very critical and didn't always work. I had the Viso  
> set to Yellow dot. I finally gave up and went to manual exposure  
> with the mirror up to save the day. Of course that works. Does  
> anybody have a foolproof way of using AE or should I stick to  
> manual setting?
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