Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've come upon a low-light metering problem with my M6. With ISO 3200 set, the meter indicates good exposure with the two red arrows pointing at each other when the shutter is set to 1/30 and faster. But at 1/15 and slower, I no longer get the two red arrows pointing at each other. Instead, I get one left-pointing arrow indicating overexposure and thus prompting me to reduce the aperture until, instead of the two arrows facing each other, the arrows are just not illuminated. E.g. With the shutter at 1/15, and the aperture at 2.8, the meter arrow points left. So I click the aperture wheel to the next click (say, 3.5), but instead of indicating a good exposure, the arrow simply disappears as though I am no longer in the right ball park for getting a good exposure. Setting the camera for ISO 1600, I can get the two arrows pointing at each other at 1/15 of a second, but at 1/8 again I get the left pointing arrow until the metering arrow just goes off. Again, at 6400 ISO, I can get the arrows to point to each other at 1/30, but not at 1/15 and slower. At ISO 800, 1/15 and faster can get the two arrows red for me, but 1/8 and slower doesn't work properly (again, only one arrow shows up, not two to indicate what the meter would show to be a good exposure. At ISO 400, the problem shutter speed is one second, which again brings up the left pointing arrow but never the two arrows facing each other. I find this a bit mysterious and limiting. I wonder if it is a known issue with the M6, or if I my camera has some weird metering problem. Can anyone enlighten me here? Maybe it is simply a matter of the sensitivity of the light meter. Do these grow less sensitive and need replacing? Peter