[Leica] Question about M8 exposure

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)]

Ted, Lee, and others,


When I first got my M8, I found that my exposures were way off and the M8 
meter did not act as all my other Leica cameras and even my old Nikon F3. ?I 
tried using + and - exposure compensation, and found washed out exposures 
all the time with the + values used. ?With the - exposure compensation used 
the images were much better, and ?although on the dark side, I could easily 
get what I wanted using C1 or PSE with minor corrections. ?For most 
exposures, I use no compensation, but there are times when - compensation 
does indeed save exposures and eliminate washing out the highlights. ?Like 
you Ted, I am a bit mystified by this Histogram stuff, and do not understand 
just how to use it. ?I do know what works for me, and -1/3 EV seems to be 
the best solution for me.


Cheers,
Gene -------------- Original message from "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@shaw.ca>: 
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> Subject: Re: [Leica] Question about M8 exposure
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> Lee offered:
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> > Seth recommended, therefore, setting the exposure compensation in most
> cameras to +1/3 or +2/3 of a stop. I have used this with all my Canons and
> Leica's (digital) with good results.<<<<<<<<
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> >>Interesting, as I have found that using +1/3 to +2/3 EV blows out the
> highlights tremendously with my M8, whereas using -1/3 to -2/3 EV provides
> more information to work with. <<<<
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> Hi Gene & Lee,
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> I'm the first to admit I'm not a technical whiz about all this stuff by
> long shot. However after my discussions with Tina and she showing me
> exposure adjustments at the Leica Seminar in Rockport it sure opened my 
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> +1/3 & +2/3 wow!
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> Lee I have to question what you are saying about +1/3 or +2/3 over 
> exposure?
> Is there a wild possibility you might have this reversed? If I were to do
> this I'd lose frame after frame blown out! I just tried it with my M8 and a
> Canon and it blew everything to hell and back! Like stuff was almost
> completely washed out all over the place.
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> When I returned them to my normal shooting settings.. -1/3 & -2/3 BINGO!
> Right back to as perfect as I like them to look and capture information. 
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> they print beautifully withal the stuff there I want to see.
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> So is it possible there is an error or misunderstanding in using + or - ?
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