Shel Belinkoff wrote:
The 5n has mirror lock up? I don't think I saw that in the manual or on
the camera body.
Not that I know of -- nor double exposure. I guess Tom Reese must've
been talking about features in general, not 5n features in particular.
(The *istD, for what it's worth, in case you get to play with one
sometime, has both of those. The PZ-1, the WR-90, and the Optio 550 have
double/multiple-exposure capability. Just to keep talking about cameras
you don't have :-)
Of all the features you've mentioned, the only one that I might use
consistently would be spot metering, and MLU when shooting certain
situations. I use a spot meter when using a hand held meter.
Coincidentally, I started compiling a compendium of things I like/dislike
about the 5n. I'm going to take the camera into San Francisco today and
see how it works. The light weight is nice.
Shel
[Original Message]
From: Tom Reese
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
