Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the info! At 04:30 PM 2/20/98 -0800, you wrote: >Francesco, > > >>>I went ahead and bought the used R4 I found yesterday. I got a GREAT >camera, but I still do not understand the metering systems. Can >someoneenlighten me, before I get my copy of the manual?<< > >Congratulations on the R4. They are nice cameras. > >>>Can someone tell me what the lights on the right side of the viewfinder >signify? Why do I sometimes see a round light and a square light,<< > >The square and round lights are to tell you something at a glance. Square >light means speed is at or below 1/30 (you that you might encounter camera >shake). Round light light tells you you're at least at 1/60 or above. > >>>or two round lights, or a round light and an arrow, or just one light?<< > >Two lights tell you that you're at a shutter speed in between those speeds >lit up. One light tells you you're at that speed. The arrow (above or >below the round/square lights) is to tell you you are above or below the >upper/lower exposure range. > >>>Does it have to do with how much the exposure needs to be corrected?<< > >In a way, yes but not really. The arrows just mean you are outside the >max/min exposure ranges for the shutter speeds. > >>>In manual mode, how do you know when you have reached the correct >exposure?<< > >The red light will light adjacent to the correct exposure speed and you must >then set the shutter speed dial to that speed. > >>>I am just a bit confused here.....the lights in the R4 are nothing like >the R8!<< > >My information is given to you from the R4sP camera. It does not have any >full programmed mode so some of it may be slightly different than your R4 >when used in the programmed AE mode. > >>>Which reflex model is the first to have a numerical readout like the R8?I >find that style much more convenient......<< > >Can't answer that one but hope the above is of some help. > >Don > Francesco Sanfilippo, Five Senses Productions webmaster@5senses.com http://www.5senses.com/