----- Original Message ----- From: "J. C. O'Connell" Subject: RE: Even more compatibility issues again! (WAS: RE: istDs - what a great camera!)
> You must be spoon fed everything like a little baby. > If you are down near the lower limit of the meter cells > and you attempt to take a meter reading with the lens > stopped down at f8 or 11 for example, guess what, NO READING! > Stop down metering reduces the metering range by > the amount you are stopped down, plain and simple but > it went right over your head as usual. My experience doesn't match your pronouncements, but I freely admit that I just use the stuff. OTOH, the results seem fine. I just tried to photograph my Rottweiler laying on the bed. Dim room, black dog, just the dog's side in the frame, the stop down metering was just fine until around f/8. So , in that a test designed to make the system fail the system failed. In my more normal picture taking situations, where there is actually something visible in the viewfinder, I, and many others who actually use the equipment on a daily basis, aren't running into the problems that you insist are going to screw us up. Why is this John? William Robb
