--- Ken Durling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > >
Thank Ken, got the point. I guess it might be useful for, say, a portraiture in backlit situations framing so that the 8.5% measured area would cover the main subject. Did I get the point ? (On the other hand, the evaluative metering is focusing point-biased to I guess would make the job as well once properly focused). Any other experiences with one ? Alex __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
