Re: EOS Re: Fill flash & metering

[Drikus van der Veen]

Ken Durling wrote:

> Ok, this may be a naive question, but E-TTL measures reflected light
> intensity - given the inverse square law, doesn't that amount to
> distance information?   Seems the problem most people are having,
> though, is when *multiple" distances are involved.  How is it possible
> for Nikon's, or anybody's system, to make calcualtions based on
> numerous fore, middle, and background targets?

It doesn't. It just compares a situation it finds to an internal database,
and picks the most logic situation. Then it just adjusts to what the
engineers of Nikon tought was the best thing to do.

Drikus

Technic isn't the truth, it is just an aid.

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