On 11 Jan 2002 at 16:38, Bruce Dayton wrote: > Paul, > > I keep trying to stop asking questions, but you guys keep making > statements that need clarifying. Other than Mike Johnston making a > statement that many meters are inaccurate, I really haven't heard much > about most center weighted meters be inaccurate. Do you have any > other information that you can share with us to that end? I would > love to hear it. Are most other Pentax bodies center weighted meters > inaccurate? Or is it mostly other brands or what?
Hi Bruce, I can't quantify it scientifically either but the LX meter is very predictable, it is easy to learn how it behaves and to make consistently good exposures. As Mike said earlier, the M6 meter is a good meter too. The LX and M6 are my main cameras I get very consistent exposures from each, my Mamiya 7II apparently has an accurate spot meter but I can't drive it, I have to use external metering or my results stink (the LX and M6 make handy external meters :-) Like others have mentioned too, I think that internal spot-meters are way over rated, they are inconsistent in AOV and they most often don't offer the exposure calculation features offered on external meters. I have an MZ-S and whilst it makes a cool noise and offers AF capabilities it isn't a great advantage to me in my general subject matter and shooting style. It must be the same for many other LX users I am sure. Cheer, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html - 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 .
