Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/31
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I can relate to this. In early June, I was shooting outdoors on a
bright sunny day. My M6, with a known good meter, was telling me to
open up (increased exposure) more than my brain deemed prudent. I
pulled out the Sekonic incident meter and found it concurred more
closely with my brain. So, I ignored the known good M6 meter and shot
at what I felt was the "correct" exposure. Result? Underexposed
slides. If I had just used the M6 recommendation they would have been
right on the money. ("Man with two watches never sure what time it is!)
Mike Gardner
Mark Rabiner wrote:
> My way of testing a meter in the camera is to not drive myself crazy trying to
> match it against another meter because they never do.
> I take a roll of film with the camera using it's meter.
> Lay out the slides on the light table or make a contact sheet.
> Are many wrongly exposed?
> If they look good the camera is good as far as i go.
>
> The meter in the camera knows what the camera wants as is often the case.
> Mark Rabiner