on 17.02.03 21:50, alexanderkrohe at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > As far as I know the flash sensor of the F100, which > is situated in the mirror floor chamber, allows multi- > (5) segment metering. So it might be possible to > combine OTF with multi segment and spot metering. F100 doesn't have OTF metering for the flash. Metering pre-flash is reflected for gray-painted curtain (after mirror is up), then the main flash is fired. Positive side of this is that pre-flash and main flash are almost undistinguishable unlike in Canon and Pentax, where you can see both light streams.
> > The MZ-S works differently. It sends out a pre-flash > that is metered by the 6-segment located in the > pentaprism (P-TTL). There is also a sensor under the > mirror for "conventional" TTL flash metering. Canon's E-TTL works exactly the same way (before mirror is up). -- Pozdrowienia Sylwek
