"tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>Another problem with the "whole exposure" scenario (I think) is that
>there would be an artificial weighting of objects on the side of the
>frame that the curtains start from. In other words, the metering
>wouldn't quite be center weighted since the flash would always be
>turned off by the time the 2nd curtain starts.

I think that's the only real problem with "whole exposure" TTL. I would
expect the flash metering to begin with the x-sync trigger.

>I guess if you introduce a calculation into TTL metering, you could
>get pretty accurate exposures either way. Shortening the merering time
>seems more plausible as it improves the acccuracy of the meter
>reading, and TTL flash metering is *very* accurate.
>
>Of course, this is all speculative bullshit.

As opposed to most of the other messages on the PDML? <g>

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Mark Roberts
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