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Selective and Integrating.
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Largefield integratingmeasurin$'ai'ea

Thedualmeasuringmethodof the electronicLEICAR3 offers

numerousadvantages:neverbeforehas it been possibleto
as simplyas the LEICAR 3 and withoutany
use a LEICA@
Neverbeforehas a LEICAofferedso
knowledge.
technical
asthe
manypossibilities
andat the sametimesimplifications
LEICAR 3. In additionto manydetails,exposuremeasurementwassingledoutforadaptationto practicalphotographic
requirements:
Only the LEIGAR 3 can boast of largefield integrating and
selected.arleameasurementwith automatic data storage.
Withoutthe needfor takingthe cameraotfyoureyeyou can
switch over within a fractionof a second.The electronic
mechanisminstantlycalculatesthe conectexposure,which
is indicatedwith shutterspeed and aperturein the viewfinder.Evenyourfirstfilmwillgiveyou muchpleasureand
confirmour ambitiousclaimof "perfectpictureswithout
technicalproblems".

Selected-area
measurement:
Only selectedmeasurement
will be successfulwhen the
backgroundas shown in our examplesbelow is either
very bright or very dark and thereforebound to falsifythe
readingof the exposuremeter.Becauseno exposuremeter can discriminate
betweenblackandwhite,i.e.brightor
dark,by itself.lt can forthis reasonbe calibratedonly for
a meangreyvalue,which correspondsto about18%reflecting powerof a grey area.Selectivemeasurement
is therefore inidicatedwheneverthe contrastrange is very high
with unevendistributionof brightand darkareasor when
the sun illuminatescertainpicture portionslike a spotlight,with indoorshotsagainstbrightwindows,withviews
througha gate,orwhenopenlightsourcesandotherdazzling influencesare to be eliminated.Detailsof subjects
which representthe "meangreyvalue"can be measured
withthe selected-area
mode.lt is usedwhenit is necessary
to take full advantageof the creativepossibilities
of light
andwhena certainportionof the subjecthasto be exactly
exposed.

ln the picturesof the top rowthe facewaschosenas the measuringf ieldof the
exposuremeterand a correctlyexposedpictureobtained.The bottomrow
field is
showsfaultyresults,producedwhen the brightor dark surrounding
includedin the measurement.
The facewill then be eitherover-or under-exposed.

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Typicalsubiects
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The automaticstoragefacilityis extremelyusefulwhen

the selectedlymeasuredpicturearea is off-centre,and
the measuredvaluehasto be storeduntilthedesiredpicture areahas been chosenor the correctmomentof exposurehas arrived.Whenthe slackof the releasebutton
is takenthe measuringsystemwill storethe displayed
valueand hold it for up to 30 seconds,i.e.untilthe button
isf ullydepressed.
This automaticstorageisverysimpleto
operate.lt is the specialrefinementof the LEICAR 3, extendsthe scopefor creativepictorialcompositiondecisively and offers possibilitiesunthinkablebefore the
technological
basisfor themwasestablished.
Substitute
measurements
can,for instance,be quicklymadeof any
desiredsubject arearepresentative
of the exposurebeforethe finaldetermination
of the picturearea.
Exceptionally,
whendatastorageof 30 secondsis insufficient,the exposuretimecan be set manually.

Sequenceof pictures,top to bottom:

Faultyexposureswith integrating
measurement

Exposuretime correctlydeterminedby selected-area

measurement,
but the pictureareacouldbe improvedupon
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Integrating
measurement
Experiencehas shownthat in certainlymorethan 90%of
is correctand reliable.
all casesintegratingmeasurement
BecauseLEITZlargefieldintegratingmeasurement
otfers
practicalcentreweightingthrougha highlysophisticated
interactionbetween3 photo cells.Verysoon it givesthe
LEICAR 3 usertheconfidencethathe willexposehis picturescorrectly,withoutproblems,in all normalsituations.
Wrth this automatic setting, the LEIGA R 3 can be entrusted without qualms to any member of the family. For
all subjectsthat do not includehigh lightingcontrasts,
almostinvariablyin incidentlight and when no heaw
shadowsare present- when bright and dark areasare
evenlydistributed,and no strong colour contrastsare
present.As wellas underan overcastsky,in diffuselight,
andgenerallyin all photographicsituationsthat leaveno
timefor selectingan areafor spot measurement.

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Plus-minuscorrection
Ordinarysubjectssuch as those shown in the top row havea uniform distributionof dark and bright object details.They therefore
reflection.But if the subjects
correspondto a meangreyvalueof 180/o
have predominatelybright or dark areas as in the bottom row, and,
exceptionally,selected-areameasurementis not possible,the
measuringvaluescan be correctedon the rotaryringof the DIN/ASA
settingdisc.
Thissimple* and - adjustmentfor specialcasesin conjunctionwith
integratingmeasurementcorrects underexposurescaused by too
muchbrightness,
for instanceon the beachand in snow,andoverexposurescausedby dark portionsor at night.
Thepicturesof the cablecar andof the wallof the shipwereexposed
"+ 1" longerand "- 1" shorterthan recommended
by the exposure
meter.(Strongcontrejour light may requireadjustmentof * 2,very
darksubjectsof - 2).

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