On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 12:59:51 -0800 (PST), you wrote: >Well, having had great experience with EOS-3 evaluative metering as >well Spot metering for potentially tricky situations I wonder when one >would need 8.5% partial metering instead. > >Would be grateful if comebody would teach me. > >Regards, Alex
Alex - There are a lot of ways to use partial metering. It can be thought of as a large spot, say for a shot with a major area of one value; partial metering is also useful when you have key subject contrast areas close together in a shot, so they can be included under the partial reading area: say you're shooting a flower partly in shadow - you can position the 8.5% zone so that it includes both values, kind of a limited averaging function. It is good with backlit subjects, so that you limit you're readint to expose only your subject correctly. I don't own an EOS-3, but have a number of other cameras with parital. I am pretty sure you can also use partial for flash exposure lock, another possibly useful feature. I'm sure others will have useful comments. Ken Durling Visit my new easier-to-browse PhotoSIG portfolio: http://www.photosig.com/viewuser.php?id=203 * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
