Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's not an anomaly.? You're outside the range of the meter. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Cheyne" <geordiepete211 at yahoo.co.uk> To: lug at leica-users.org Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 12:26:03 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 & low light metering anomaly (I think) 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 _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information