I totally agree Karen, I'm just getting the feel for the Spot-metering with
the EOS 3 and so far it's been right on everytime, and I starting to prefer
using Spot-metering over the Evaluating metering which can be fooled!
Ricky
> Be sure to activate center-weighted or spot-metering. The EOS-3 and other
> matrix evaluating metering may be trying to outsmart you. That is, they
try
> to guess whether you are looking at a white wall, grey wall, or black wall
> by other cues in the picture. So even something small in a corner of the
> frame, depending on which sensor it hits, can trip one of the matrix
> algorithms into second-guessing you.
>
> That being said, almost all of my EOS-3 shots on Velvia/Provia have been
> 100% spot on, except for the ones using 550ex fill flash, which I'm still
> trying to get a feel for. I've seen no indication of underexposure and
have
> done +/-1/3 stop AEB's to make sure that the +0 bracket is really ideally
> metered (it is). Once you've done a couple of 1/3 step AEBs, you realize
> just how sensitive slide film is to proper exposures.
>
> Somewhere on the web is a page with the serial numbers of affected EOS-3
> units. From your serial number, you can tell when and where you unit was
> made. I forgot where that page is, unfortunately, perhaps someone else can
> post it?
>
> KN
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