Hi Alex, The Weston Master V is a ~ 30year old selenium cell exposure meter which is fitted with a simple, circular slide rule type, aperture and shutter speed calculator. For the calculation, I simply used the meter's calculator - easier than going into my Access database which can calculate the same things.
The EOS3 is noticeably slower if the 45 points are active. It has to compare many points and select the nearest / most contrasty one. Much quicker to select just one focus point, and if it's the central one you get enhanced performance with lenses of f2.8 and wider. (My old EOS50E's low light AF performance was excellent and regularly beat Minoltas (even top end models) when checked at exhibitions - but it turned on its near invisible AF assist as soon as it wasn't sure of where to focus.) I miss AF assist on my EOS3, and if in doubt I'll stick the ST-E2 on my camera and use that. Malcolm Milton Keynes, UK ----- Original Message ----- From: Alex Zabrovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 1:09 PM Subject: RE: EOS Reply to Joe B. > Hey Malcolm, wow, sounds really tough :-) > Sorry fro my ignorance, but what is Weston Master V ? > > the target we worked for were blocked window vertical bars. Unfortunately > I'm still waiting for the camera's manual which should arrive this week, so > couldn't play much around AF settings. > I assume the AF was set to regular 45 points. Should I try to limit it to > central one in such kind of situations even though the maximum allowable > aperture is in f/3.5-f/5.6 range ? > * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
