On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, Alin Flaider wrote:
> The Elan has no spot meter, that is forget slide film,
> concerts/available light.
The Elan 7 does have partial metering (though not "true" spot
metering). It covers a central 10% area, which should be sufficient for
most concert or available light applications if you use it properly. And
at least Canon tells you what percentage their partial meter covers (as
does Nikon, IIRC). I tried to find that information for my MZ-5n, and
couldn't find it in the manual, the borochure specs, or even on their
Canadian web page. I don't imagine it will cover any less than 6% or so,
but I don't know for sure.
> 80 has that LCD overlapping the viewfinder that makes me question its
> brightness.
I don't notice any appreciable difference between it and the 5n in terms
of brightness, and the selectable grid lines are pretty neat. Sure beats
changing focusing screens on the run.
> Generally whatever camera I find interesting it's huge, heavy,
> battery-drainer... so I always fall-back gladly to my trusty MZ-5N.
The F80 and the Elan 7 are both very light cameras, similar to the 5n.
Definitely in a different weight class than the F90x and above. As for
calling them crippled, of course they're crippled in a way. So what?
The only non-crippled cameras in terms of features are those like the F5
and 1v, and you don't like those because of their weight. And Pentax has
crippled cameras, too. Look at the dumbed down Sp500, or KM, or Program
Plus. Even the 5n... no flash exposure compensation outside of manual
mode, no manually-selectable multiple AF points, no
independently-selectable servo AF, only 1/100 flash sync, no multiple
exposure capability. You can justifiably call any camera crippled. The
trick is finding the best compromise *for you* between a feature-laden but
heavy camera and a basic but light one. It's a personal thing, not an
absolute rule.
chris
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