I think that is a very good question (and I don't have an answer). 'Featurewise', OTF metering would have suited any later camera well.
One reason they abandoned this technlogy (and this is just a wild guess) might have been the cost of the shutter with its titanium curtains. On these curtains you can print the dot pattern, that is obviously necessary. The later (vertically travelling) shutters where curtains do not 'roll up', might not allow to do this. Sven Zitat von Steve Jolly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, 8 Jul 2004, Rob Studdert wrote: > > Technical limitations were few (at the time), the system had a ridiculously > > wide latitude with spectacular sensitivity however as it implemented via > single > > SPD mounted at the base of the mirror cavity it could only offer CW > metering. > > The style of implementation also meant that the only option for exposure > offset > > in auto was by the exp comp dial around the ISO switch which has limitation > > when working with very slow or fast films. I suppose now it looks pretty > > feature poor these days, it still works remarkably well though. > > But why does only the LX support the feature, even though every modern > Pentax body has the necessary sensor already (for TTL flash metering)? > > S > >
