HiYa At 03:10 AM 14/10/2002 +0200, you wrote: >From: "Alex Zabrovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "EOS list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2002 7:59 AM >Subject: EOS Strange behavior > > > > Hi. > > There is quite weird behavior of my EOS-3 metering I would like to get > > advised about: > > I run through certain metering test shooting 18% gray and white boards > > whilst the camera is fixed on tripod. (I suspect there is the famous 2/3 > > stop underexposure decease my camera is suffering from). > > Well, I noticed that there is very high sensitivity of the metering to the > > light passed through the viewfinder. When looking through it while > > photographing (the eye is very close to the finder thereby almost blocking > > the finder light leakage) there is certain exposure metered by the camera. > > However, as soon as I back off leaving the finder open, the meter suddenly > > jumps up about
doesn't seem so strange, the metering is off the focusing screen, and you have a lens focusing light on it from the front, and the back. Normally this is blocked by your head (if the camera is at your eye). I use manual when shooting on a tripod (right royal pain in the you know where with my 630!) HTH * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
