Some find Leica metering on rangefinder cameras a little fickle. It isn't! You need to understand how the metering works and how it changes with lens focal length and focusing distance!
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Thanks Jonathan, once again another great video, have never owned or used a viewfinder camera 📷 only SLR’s, looking at buying a Leica M6 soon, so this was very helpful, cheers Mate 🇦🇺
As a lifelong Nikon F2 shooter, using the illuminated triangles on the M6 instead of the needle scale took me some getting used to. But I find that I am very pleased with my M6, with 35 Summacron, exposures. Very informative video, thanks.
Thank you for the information. That explains why I had some erratic exposures with a 50mm lens. But knowing that now, it’s still hard for me to improve with the way I take pictures. Often times on the street, I have to roughly get the exposure correct while anticipating a moment, then adjust the focus.
Many photographers will take a reading to give a reference point and then estimate, adjusting a stop or so either side as light changes. It gets easier and more accurate with experience.
Thanks! Very clear. As a side point, I always wondered why the rangefinder has frame lines for 135. The view is much too small for me. Even with 90, I have to remind myself that I get only a small portion of what the finder shows. But then it is good to know what the light meter sees.
Yes, I agree. The 135 lens frame is small, particularly with the cameras with 0.72 magnification. It’s better on the Leica cameras with the 0.85 finders.
Great video, thanks for making it. If I understand correctly, if you set your shutter speed and aperture first, and then focus, you can run the risk of missing exposure?
Watch the video again from start to finish and I hope it’ll make sense! It can be confusing and is something seldom understood (which is why some user’s experience erratic exposures). It is explained in the Leica M6, Leica M6 TTL and Leica MP instruction manuals too.
