PaulN
Monkey
At about 4:30 in the Luminous Landscape videoblog (link) on the M8, Michael asks the Leica rep what the blue dot is for. The rep responds with:
"The small sensor actually assits the camera by metering for the right flash mode. It is for the M-TTL metering"
The main benefit of TTL flash metering is that the camera knows how much flash is falling into the picture verses falling into the scene and signals the flash to stop once enough light has been cast for the given exposure value. On an SLR, an internal flash ttl sensor determines this. As it is sensing the amount of light through the lense, it knows exactly how much is falling on the subject, verses a nearby reflective subject that it outside the picture that is reflecting a lot of light back at the camera (but not in the picture).
On the M8, how does this sensor know what is within the finder lines? How would it compensate for reflective subjects that are outside of the picture reflecting light back at the camera, but outside of the framelines?
In reality is it nothing more than non-ttl automatic flash exposure?
The one thing that I love on my SLR is the ability to use camera exposure compensation and flash exposure compensation to achieve the look I am looking for. I was hoping that the M8 would allow for this with it's TTL exposure and M-TTL flash exposure technology. It now just looks like the M8 is good for automatically calculating fill flash.
For those who have used the M8 with a flash, can you comment?
"The small sensor actually assits the camera by metering for the right flash mode. It is for the M-TTL metering"
The main benefit of TTL flash metering is that the camera knows how much flash is falling into the picture verses falling into the scene and signals the flash to stop once enough light has been cast for the given exposure value. On an SLR, an internal flash ttl sensor determines this. As it is sensing the amount of light through the lense, it knows exactly how much is falling on the subject, verses a nearby reflective subject that it outside the picture that is reflecting a lot of light back at the camera (but not in the picture).
On the M8, how does this sensor know what is within the finder lines? How would it compensate for reflective subjects that are outside of the picture reflecting light back at the camera, but outside of the framelines?
In reality is it nothing more than non-ttl automatic flash exposure?
The one thing that I love on my SLR is the ability to use camera exposure compensation and flash exposure compensation to achieve the look I am looking for. I was hoping that the M8 would allow for this with it's TTL exposure and M-TTL flash exposure technology. It now just looks like the M8 is good for automatically calculating fill flash.
For those who have used the M8 with a flash, can you comment?
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sreidvt
Guest
It's true TTL, see the discussion in my review.
Cheers,
Sean
Cheers,
Sean