Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2025/08/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dear All, Does anyone have any experience of these meters? I though that they had a good reputation, but see below... I bought one (Series 2) because I wanted to test my M3 (my Weston Mk V has finally stopped working properly). I normally shoot "Sunny 16", but have been getting some odd results of late and wanted to understand if it was me, developing or what. I was comparing what I would expect to get from Sunny 16 with my Fuji XE-2 and the LM. I tested in a variety of light levels and degrees of shade. To my amazement the LM and the other exposures agreed on only one occasion, when I was pointing the LM and the XE-2 at a white wall in full Mediterranean sunlight (seriously f22)! Otherwise they were miles apart. Both XE-2 and LM were set to 400ASA. When I shot the scenes with the XE-2 the images were, in general, fine. Anyone any thoughts/explanations? Of course the XE-2 has a zoned meter, but still... Thanks in advance Peter PS If anyone knows of someone in the UK who can replace the cell in a Weston V, please let me know -- Dr. Peter Dzwig