Re: OTF metering question

[Steve Jolly]

As with everything in business, I'm sure that the reason was financial. 
:-)  What I want to know is what the technical limitation was that made it 
so expensive to implement, given that all modern Pentax bodies already 
have an OTF sensor and the necessary electronics built-in, for TTL flash 
metering.

S
On Wed, 7 Jul 2004, John Whittingham wrote:
I think it was just the expense of implementing it and so was just available
on the LX.
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From: Steve Jolly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 21:55:38 +0100 (BST)
Subject: OTF metering question
I'm sure there's a good reason for this, but it's not obvious to me.
Every modern Pentax film body (from the SF series onwards, plus the
Super-A) features TTL flash metering, and hence has a second OTF
light meter.  As far as I know though, only the LX offers OTF
metering for available light photography.  Anyone know what the
technical limitation is?
(This post inspired by today's enablement with a Super-A, courtesy
of John
W...)
S
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