On Sat, 09 Dec 2000 13:00:54 -0800, Weston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I own the Elan 7e and have found this to be no problem, it takes no time at
>all to press the metering button, and my other hand is already up by the
>dial. It's really quite easy. I think some of the reason others have found
>the controls to be weird on the 7e is because they are not the _SAME_ as the
>Elan II or other cameras. I didnt have any of these cameras previously and
>think that the 7e's controls are very easy to use.
The problem I see with this is that I frequently do weighted metering
and with my 10s it is just under my right thumb, very easy to access
while my other hand is focusing or zooming, or just steadying the
lens.
With the 7 (is the eos3 the same??) I have to move my left hand to the
back of the camera (maybe even look - the button is fairly recessed as
I recall) and then access a second control on the other hand. This
would for me impair my shooting as I would lose concentration on what
I was framing. If you are shooting a still, etc, would be no big
deal, but most of my shooting is people, esp. kids, and its hard
enough just keeping them in the frame and focused.
Maybe I'm using the feature improperly, but I use it a lot when I've
got strong backlighting that I think will screw up the camera's
metering of the focus of the picture. I probably shoot 25% of my pics
with the 10s' spot metering so this is a big usability thing for me.
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