Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/15

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Subject: [Leica] Question about M8 exposure
From: richard.lists at gmail.com (Richard Man)
Date: Thu Jan 15 11:54:07 2009
References: <10E9486C0AA54E73AC3661023A10551D@precisionm50> <C59541F8.1F8B7%lug@steveunsworth.co.uk> <200901151951.BIV25445@rg5.comporium.net>

>From the various bits of info I gather, I believe both Leica and Olympus
tend to put more bits in the "lower half..."

On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Tina Manley <images@comporium.net> wrote:

> At 02:41 PM 1/15/2009, you wrote:
>
>> The M8 doesn't assign the 'bits' in a linear fashion. More of them are
>> assigned to the shadow end of the spectrum than the highlights.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>
>
> That's what I've found.  Even when I use -1/3, the histogram is still far
> too the right for most photos.  Not true for the Canons.
>
>
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// richard m: richard @imagecraft.com
// b: http://rfman.wordpress.com

In reply to: Message from leica at web-options.com (Bob W) ([Leica] Question about M8 exposure)
Message from lug at steveunsworth.co.uk (Steve Unsworth) ([Leica] Question about M8 exposure)
Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] Question about M8 exposure)