Re: Re[4]: LX with AF, realy it works !

2001-08-02 Thread Alexander Krohe
--- Nenad Djurdjevic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Alexander Krohe wrote: > > > The LX measures light in two different ways: > > -- For the viewfinder indication, the LX measures > the > > light that is reflected from a secondary mirror > onto > > the metering cell (this value is stored in the

Re: Re[4]: LX with AF, realy it works !

2001-08-01 Thread Nenad Djurdjevic
Alexander Krohe wrote: > The LX measures light in two different ways: > -- For the viewfinder indication, the LX measures the > light that is reflected from a secondary mirror onto > the metering cell (this value is stored in the camera > CPU). I read that only 15% of the light passes to the me

Re: Re[4]: LX with AF, realy it works !

2001-08-01 Thread Alexander Krohe
--- Bob Walkden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > ... > Now, I can't find the back-up for my claim about AEL > and IDM, so I may > be talking complete balls, but there was a good > reason for Pentax not > putting AEL on the LX. They didn't just forget about > it. > > --- > Certainly not, as

Re: Re[4]: LX with AF, realy it works !

2001-07-31 Thread Pål Jensen
Bob wrote: > actually this is not what I meant. What I mean is that having an > exposure lock is incompatible with IDM, and, Paal's experience > notwithstanding, an exposure lock is essential for a camera with a > built-in spot-meter. > > Now, I can't find the back-up for my claim about AEL and

Re[4]: LX with AF, realy it works !

2001-07-31 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, actually this is not what I meant. What I mean is that having an exposure lock is incompatible with IDM, and, Paal's experience notwithstanding, an exposure lock is essential for a camera with a built-in spot-meter. Now, I can't find the back-up for my claim about AEL and IDM, so I may be ta

Re: Re[4]: LX with AF, realy it works !

2001-07-31 Thread Pål Jensen
Bob wrote: > When you use an in-camera spotmeter are your compositions such that > the thing you want to meter off invariably falls within the metering > area, with no need to recompose? That sounds like a remarkable coincidence. Nope, but I dial in exposure manually or use exposure compensatio