Julian Loke wrote: > > > "Ken Durling" wrote: > > Now never mind what the meter said, it's obviously bad, but it brought > > up a question about the Elan 7's metering. My two manual cameras, an > > A-1 and a FTbN, agreed on a reading of 1/500 @ f/6.7-8. The Elan 7 I > > tried in all 3 metering modes, and in CW and Partial I get 1/500 @ > > f/9.5. In Evaluative mode, however, I get close to the other two - > > 1/500 @ f/8. > > Hi Ken, > > I have read some interesting arguments about this topic, but haven't > yet formed an opinion. Did you see these links: > http://www.richardhess.com/photo/18no.htm > http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=000hry
Ken, If all meter modes replied the same exposure, we would only need one meter mode in lieu of 5 or 6. The reason for the different readings is one is reading a much wider area than the other two. The evaluative mode is preferred for a better overall exposure. Very generally, the spot and partial modes would be preferred if you were more concerned with better exposure for one particular area in the image. If you do not understand the principals of each different mode of exposure, you need to study and experiment. If you shoot film, you should shoot low ASA slide film for the most critical evaluation. Ray Amos -- All outgoing mail is Virus scanned by Norton 2002 Anti Virus * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
