Hi, Spot metering seems to be in the "enthusiast/professional" feature list for most manufacturers. The MZ-7 is an "entry level" camera, so it has picture modes instead. From a technical point of view, there is very little reason for the MZ-7 not to have spot metering, because it already has a multi-segment meter. The "spot" meter on the MZ-5n appears to just use the central meter segment, so it should be possible for the MZ-7 to do the same... but if it did, few would pay the extra for the MZ-5n ;-)
The spotmeter was the main reason I got an MZ-5n to go with my MZ-M: I seem to use the spotmeter more than I use the autofocus ;-) The MZ-6 due soon seems to have spot metering (via the AE-lock button?), but you need to go to a custom function to enable it. The MZ-6 is set to be priced a little higher than the MZ-7, but less than the 5n. -- Kristian On Friday, January 4, 2002, at 05:26 pm, Chris Gligoris wrote: > I am trying to figure out which Pentax bodies offer spot metering, > because I > don't have an external spot meter and I do need an extra body, so I > thought > I could combine these . From what I have found out (mainly from Bojidar > Dimitrov's page), Pentax bodies can be divided into two categories: the > bodies in which you can choose spot metering dependless of the exposure > mode > and the ones that can use spot metering only in manual (or hypermanual) > mode. So the two groups are as follows: > > First group > Z1, Z1p > Z5, Z5p > MZS > MZ3 > MZ5 > MZ5n > > Second group > SF7/SF10 > Z10, Z10p > Z20, Z20p > Z50, Z50p > > Is the above correct or I am missing something here? (to be honest I > can't > understand why the "flagship" of the SF series, the SFXn, doesn't offer > spot > metering, and the same applies to the MZ7, which is one of the more > recent > Pentax bodies...) > > Thanks in advance > Chris > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
