Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/11/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Are you certain it is an M6? They don't have an auto shutter. from my iPad Sonny Carter > On Nov 13, 2015, at 4:30 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote: > > How does the film look up to the light? > > John - who never uses AUTO > > -----Original Message----- > > Earlier today I scanned a 36 exposure roll of 400 TMY. Every frame was > shot with the exposure meter on AUTO as recommended by one of our > colleagues. Every frame was overexposed. > > I bought the M6/0.85 at the end of its production when dealers offered a > factory authorized rebate of $500 or thereabouts. I don?t remember the > year; the S/N on the hot shoe is 2433148. > > I am thinking of determining the M6 meter?s measurement error by the > following procedure: > > 1. read the exposure setting of my M8 on AUTO of a frame filling exposure > of my venerable Kodak Gray Card at f/8 and ISO 160. > > 2. read the exposure setting of my M6 that would supposedly result in a > correct exposure of the same card at f/8 and ISO 160. > > 3. Calculate the exposure compensation setting or an equivalent increase > in the ISO setting for the M6. > > I will be grateful for corrections or recommendations. > > Oliver > > PS FWIW the ?restore colors? setting in VueScan gave an approximately > correct rendering of the image; the ?restore fading? setting was too dark. > Checking neither showed overexposure. I will be glad to email samples to > interested parties. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information