Rick Womer wrote:
Gosh, Shel, give the poor camera a break!
This is a very, very tough shot for a little
microchip. You've got background highlights, a very
bright background highlight on the left, a midtone
face, and a black hat.
This is what they put spot meters in cameras for.
I was thinking this so now I might as well say it:
Shel,
I think you might find the ZX-5N spotmeter capability to be extremely
useful. I use it far more than autofocus, autobracketing and all the
other whiz-bang modern features. I find it indispensable for checking
tonal ranges in my compositions and setting my exposure.
This might make for an interesting thread. Features I use the most in
descending order:
used a lot:
spotmeter
mirror lock-up
ttl flash
less often:
double exposure
auto exposure lock
much less often:
autofocus
multisegment autoexposure
exposure compensation
hardly ever:
autobracketing
Tv mode
not at all:
program mode
I'm interested in how others rate their cameras features.
Tom Reese
