lagrassa Posted July 27, 2009 Share #1 Posted July 27, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) I am considering one of these for my IIIc (c.1950). Most, if not all that I've seen on EBay, seem to have a coupling ring to the high speed shutter dial next to the shoe mount. At least I think that is what it is. However, I do not see how this would work on my camera. Am I missing something here, or is there an earlier model Leica-Meter that does not couple to the shuuter speed dial? Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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psamson Posted July 27, 2009 Share #2 Posted July 27, 2009 I am using a M3 that belonged to my father-in-law, and the meter he had was indeed mechanically linked to the shutter speed. However, I am using a hand meter since the light sensor(s) in the MC unit are "dead". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubice Posted July 28, 2009 Share #3 Posted July 28, 2009 I would definitely not recommend getting a Leicameter MC (or MR for that matter) for any screw mount Leica. The MC and MR meters were made specifically for the M2, M3 and M4 bodies and couple directly to their shutter speed dials. No such coupling is possible with screw mount Leicas. Try one of these: Voigtlander VC II Best, Jan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lagrassa Posted July 28, 2009 Author Share #4 Posted July 28, 2009 The Voigtlander appears to be best solution. Thanks for the link. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted July 28, 2009 Share #5 Posted July 28, 2009 The Voigtlander appears to be best solution. Thanks for the link. For Leica Screw Mount bodies the modern Voigtlander is really the best, nowadays: no Leicameter with coupling to speed knob did exist, afaik. There used to be many old meters (selenium, mostly) that were small enough to fit well onto the Leica body, but is difficult to have one really working fine : I have an old one (curiosly, it's Voigtlander - branded - but surely made by Gossen or Metrawatt) in white bakelite... fine item, but selenium cell isn't working anymore. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lagrassa Posted July 28, 2009 Author Share #6 Posted July 28, 2009 The vintage meters that would fit would most likely be problematic in terms of accuracy. The Voigtlander, although modern, does have the vintage look and blends in well. I think I will go for it. Anyone know about the availability of the VC double accessory shoe mounts that were available at one time for the Voigtlander? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubice Posted July 28, 2009 Share #7 Posted July 28, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) The double shoe was discontinued about a year ago. They were available in three different height configurations - check with Stephen Gandy at Cameraquest if he still has any left. Best, Jan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brent1965 Posted November 24, 2009 Share #8 Posted November 24, 2009 Why not just do sunny 16? I have a VCII, but stopped using in several weeks ago. Got sick of looking down at it all the time, sick of fluffing around with exposure making like more complex than it needs to be - mucking around with it...and it just interrupts the whole flow. I cut the umbilical cord, and suprise suprise - sunny 16 works fine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lars_bergquist Posted November 24, 2009 Share #9 Posted November 24, 2009 Why not just do sunny 16? [ ... ] I cut the umbilical cord, and suprise suprise - sunny 16 works fine. Yes, if it's sunny. The meter is for the times when the rules of thumb do not apply. Skating on the thin ice of film latitude will often save you, but not always. I can manage a 90 percent + hit rate without any meter, out of doors at least, but I have been doing this for half a century -- even though I bought my first selenium meter in 1958! Yes, a small hand meter for those tricky situations is also a very useful option. If it has incident light metering you can ascertain the general light level and then put the meter back in your pocket and shoot happily. Absolute light levels is something that the human visual sense is very bad at judging, while we are superb at relative levels, i.e. differences. The first was evolutionarily irrelevant, the second often vital. The old man from the Age of Selenium Meters Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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