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Leica meter MC User manual
User manual for Leica meter MC. 9 pages in English. Read the original PDF, download or print a copy without registration.
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- Leica
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- Leica meter MC
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- User manual
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- English
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- 9
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- Light meters
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The best picture will then provide the
reference'voluesfor the future os re-
gords the setting of the film index on
t-he exposuremeJer.For instonce,when
the normol roting would hove been 32,
ond the best shot wos token ol 64, You
should in the future use 64 os the roting
for thot porticulor film.
/ ,,,\ \ METRAWATTPR I N T E DI N G E R M AAG.N Y N U R N B E R . G
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HOW TO USE YOUR
TEICA METER MC
The unique Leico Meter MC, o product
of Metrowott A.G., Nuernberg,Germo- j
ny, is mode especiollyfor your Leico
M 3. lt couplessimply ond directly io
the shutter speed diol of the M 3 to
provide semioutomoticsetting of the
shutter speed or comero diophrogm.
Here ore some speciolfeoturesof your
new Leico Meter MC: ,{- 9: {?r os it will,go. The index line on rop
. S m o l l s i z e , of the knurled ring will then foce th'e
.Light weight (231noz), index mork ot the Leico Meter h-b*ing.
. Shock proof meosuring mechonism,
.Accurote ond simple reoding of oll meosurements, l
.Exceptionolly wide light-meosuring
ronge,
. Speziol Booster Cell for extremely
low light, increosessensitivity6 x.
MOUNTING THE TEICA METER MC
With the knurled ring th.usset, push upON TEICA M 3.
on it ond turn ii in th'e direction of th'e
To mount the Leico Meter MC, first set orrow o little further. The trionqulor
the shutterspeed diol on the Leico M 3 poinier on top of the meter will"now
to "8". Turn the knurled ring of the ex- pg1nt.|20 ot one of the figures from 4 toposuremeterin the directionof the orrow seconds.
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the knob up ond turn it until the trion-
gulor mork (A) points .l20to one of the figures between 4 ond seconds.
SETTING THE FITM.SPEEDSCATE
(Exposure meler on lhe comero.)
lou con set your film in either ASA, orNow slide the meter, honeycorirbwin- DIN rotings by meons of scoleswhich
dow to the front, into the occessoryclip oppeor on the inner diol. One window
of the comero. Turn the knurled.ring showsDlN rotings.ASA rotingsore divid-
bock until it drops ond clicks into the ed between two windows ond run
shutterspeed diol of the comero. Now from 6 ASA to ]000 ASA. Set the en-
comeroond exposuremeterorecoupled groved line ot the edge of the oppro-
ond the block triongleshowsthe shutter priote film roting window opposiiethe
speed which is set on the comero. proper roting. for your film by rototing
the inner diol in either direction.Once
you set the diol, you con forget it until
you switchto q film with onother roting.
lilj
Becousethe odiustmentfor film speed
To toke the Leico Meter MC off the co- is continuous,you con even correctfor
mero turn the knurledknob into pcsition differences in the octuol sensitivityof"8," i.e. os for os it will go. Then p.ush
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the film within the roting given by the 2. For o predetermined shuiler speed.
monufocturer.This is porticulorlyvolu- Rotote the knurled rinq until blocr
oble for color films. triongle points. ot selEcted speed.
OPERATION OF THE METER lhen set your lens ot stop which is
You con work in one of two woys. You opposite chonnel in which the indi-
ondcon choose o given lens operture, or cotorr/roooneedle resis, Beiween r/aoyou con choose o given shutterspeed of o second you con set oll in-
for your porticulor subiect. iermediote shutter speeds coniinu-
ously.For instonce,llts th is set holf-l. For o predetermined lens stop. woy between 1/eoth ond r/rooth. At
By rototingthe knurled knob, line up speedsslower thon l/eo of o seconq
the chosen operture (on the outer let the shutter speed diol click into
diol); in the some relotive position the morked positions.
The knurled ring couplesto the shutter
speed diol of the Leico M 3 for oll
speeds from I second to r/rooothof o
second.For expo.sureslonger thon I se-
cond, uncouplethe exposuremeter diol
comero by liffing the knurled ring. You
con then set the exposure meter ond
independentlyof thd comero to indi-
cote exposure times up to 120 seconds.
ond the some chonnelos thot in which
the indicotor needle hos come to FIASH EXPOSURES
rest. This outomoticolly odiusts the For flosh exposuresset the red index
comero shutter diol for the correct line, morked on the LeicometerMC
speed. The block friongle shows the betweenl/30 ond l/60 second.opposite
shutterspeed which is set (see poge 9 the block triongle. This red indbl line
for use of the n indicotor). indicotes the fixed shutter speed of
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I /60 second.There is no need lo reod toosrER cEtt
off the operture on the LeicometerMC, You con obtoin q BoosterCell element
nor io set it occordinglyon the comero; for the LeicoMeter MC. This slidesinto
insteod,ihe required opertureis colcu- the contoct slots ot the sidesof ihe ho-
loted from ihe flosh guide number. neycombwindow. The BoosterCell ele-
ment increosesthe meter's light sensiti-
MEASURING RANGE vity obout 6 times ond permits exoct
For ronqe No. I switch the sensitivity meosurementseven in extremelyweok "toselector blqck dot ond use blqck lioht.
operture numbers. Shutter speed is F5r ronoe No. 3 use BoosterCell ond
shown by the block triongle. red opeitrre numbersond reod the ex-
posure indicoted by morking tr . Then
reset the block triongle to the shutter
speed shown by tr . However, when
using the BoosterCell, if the needle is
in the upper four chonnels,the light is
too bright. In this cose, use the meter
without"the cell.For ronge No. 2 switch the sensitivity It "to Sinceoll meosuringrongesoverlop,youselector red dot ond use red oper- will olwoys get occurote reodings.ture numbers.Remember:use the red
operlure numbers for ronge No. 2.
Shutter speed is shown by the block
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ll. "The Close-up Method Another method of exposurereoding is:'
This is o very occurote method. Use it
when importont ports of the picture lll. Incident light Meosurement
show heovy controsts.Hold the Leico
Meter MC ilose to the moin subiectond Use it when controst *lthin the picture
meosurethe brightestond dorkest ports bockground ond surroundingsis greot
ond you con't get close-up reodings.
This method meosuresthe octuol liqht
folling on the subiect.For this typiof
T
Ii
i-
(being coreful not to cost o shodow on
lhe oreos you ore meosuring.)To get meosurement,insertthe smoll opol inci-
the proper exposure by this method, set dent light odoptersuppliedwith the me-
the f riongulor pointerto o shutterspeed ter into the irocks on the honeycomb
holfwoy between the highest ond lo- window. To meosureincidentlight,(light
west ones indicoted in meosuringthe folling on f he subiectrotherthon reflect'
brightestond dorkest ports of the sub- ed from it) point the meter owoy from
iect. the subiecttowqrd the comero posiiion.
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Wirh the opol odopter on the meter, i ADJUSTMENT
o smoll hondle sticksup from the hous-
inging soso thoithoi youyou concon seesee otot onceonce fromfrom ii lflf thethe indicotorindicotorneedleneedle (with(with thethe honh.o?uy- r v r r r v windoww i l r u v Y v Lcompletelyv i l r P r s r s r / Lc.overed)doesv Y E r s L r , , L r \ r E )oop"erotingp e r o T l n g ppbsitiono s l T l o n wwhethern g T n e r rthen e oopolp o l II comb not point ol]h" "0." morking, qlogtlyodopterioi been inserted. 'iI yo, con odiust the "0" position with o
smoll screw driver. The odiustinoscrew
is on the bottom of the exposure"meter;
it is morked "0".
GUARANTEE
Your LeicoMeter MC is guoronteedfor
two yeors.
L CAI.IBRATIONv^rrs'You con store the opol odopter under
o little leother strop in the lid of the When workinq for the first iime with o 'Leico evereody cose. porticulor film] you moy wont to corre-
lote the film exposure index with the
NOTE I performonce.of your .comero_,_meter, t':,;1.?:o'T;'Jii:ll
Userheoporodopreronryrorincident )' lSot'f'!"3lii8il"?
light meosurements.(Be suie it is off the , On the film-speedscole, set the expo-
meter, when you use methodsI ond ll). i sure index indicotedby the film monu-
Incideni liohi meosurementswithout I focturer. Then reset to.on index which
the,odopteign{ reflectedlight reodings { will, h^glv,ethe.,exposurefor the. next
with thi odopter in posiii-on(by mis- 1 shot. Moke o third shot with on index
toke) will resdlt in exposure errors. I giving twice the originol exposure.
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