Rob, It's relative. I'm 'old school' in many ways. I've never been a great advocate of TTL metering, and certainly don't find it indispensable. Only my 35mm cameras have it, and only because I wasn't able to opt out of it and apply the funds elsewhere, as I did with other formats.
Even in changeable conditions it usually only takes me a few minutes at setup time to guage the exposure in each part of the field of interest, and then apply the changes manually, from memory, as I move about. That's for fast working, most often I'd hand meter every shot even if the camera did have a TTL meter. How about this? http://www.cosina.co.jp/vc-meter/index.html (sorry about Japanese language only, their link to the English page was broken) One of these might be handy if a pre-A lens and metering is required. OK it's not TTL and it's doesn't have the conceptual purity of internal metering, but it would be usable, and it shouldn't make the user feel too ridiculous };-)> regards, Anthony Farr ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On 4 Jul 2003 at 12:23, Anthony Farr wrote: > > > Oh, that's right! You can't use the internal light meter at the same time > > except at the largest aperture only. That's a shame, and a nuisance, but no > > more than that. > > Only a nuisance? Not from my perspective, I find it ridiculous, very short > sighted and a reason for me to have lost much enthusiasm. > > Rob Studdert > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ > Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 > >
