How exactly does the metering system in the M6 set the proper exposure? Does it set the apeture depending on the shutter speed you select?

-- adnan (adnan1976@hotmail.com), January 22, 2002

Answers

I doesn't.

You play around with the aperture and shutter speed until the two red arrows glow uniformly or the center dot glows (in the TTL). There is no AE on the M6.

For the mechanics of light detection the M6 can be considered a "wide spot". Take off your lens, look at the white dot on the shutter curtain of a cocked shutter and that is the metering area coverage on the negative. Now envision that coverage on your various focal lengths. Wider coverage with wider angles, narrower coverage with telephotos. If you want a constant angle meter regardless of focal length then you can get an external reflected flash shoe meter which is quite excellent in its own way for street shooting applications too. Or carry a grey card and learn the Zone system.

-- John (ouroboros_2001@yahoo.com), January 22, 2002.

Hey folks, DON'T FALL FOR THIS ONE!!! It is obviously the same joker using fake email addresses that has made the absurd posts in the recent past.

-- Jack Flesher (jbflesher@msn.com), January 22, 2002.

PS: Did you get your M6's self-timer straightened out? How about film- loading -- have that down now too? Metering interface, yeah right...

-- Jack Flesher (jbflesher@msn.com), January 22, 2002.

I think you've mistaken me for someone else... I've posted here a few weeks ago, if you want to do a search. Best regards.

-- adnan abbas (adnan1976@hotmail.com), January 22, 2002.