Tip of the Week (#005) - Exposure Lock

Exposure lock. Available on the M7, M8 and M9. With a half-press of the shutter button, it's much faster to use for one-off shots than fiddling with exposure compensation. If your scene meters too dark/bright, just frame an appropriately brighter/darker area of the scene and lock the exposure; keep the shutter button depressed halfway as you recompose and shoot. Grass makes for a convenient 18% grey card equivalent for metering. You can also use your hand, but add about a stop to the exposure.

Lens Primer - The Basics

Added today is the Lens Primer - The Basics article.

Choosing a lens involves a lot of decisions - including cost, optical specifications, lens mount and even its "signature." This article gets into the basic parameters of a lens and will be followed by a more in-depth article as part of a series. Call it "Lens 101."

Leica Issues Statement on M9/SDHC Card Compatibility

Several customers have noted data corruption, camera lock-ups and other issues with certain SDHC cards used in the M9 recently. After being made aware of the issues, Leica has issued a statement regarding "M9/SDHC card compatibility" providing details of the issues reported and updating customers on the status...

Ricoh GXR Mount A12 Coming

Ricoh has posted information on the new GXR Mount A12 module on their blog and announced that it will be available as of September 9th, 2011. If you haven't heard of it, it's an APS-C format sensor at 12.3MP that will mount M (or adapted) lenses to the GXR camera.

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