GD> I have heard this thing about Canon having no "true spot meter"
GD> so many times...
GD> It's incorrect. Even the Canon 10D has a "limited area metering"
GD> mode which is virtually identical in size to what Pentax calls a
GD> "spot" meter. If you read the instruction booklets for both
GD> cameras and look at the meter patterns, you'll find that Pentax'
GD> spot is about a 5.5mm circle, the 10D's limited area is about
GD> 6.5mm.
Not to sound nitpicky, but a "true spot meter" for me would have to be
smaller than 6mm circle. In the nikons, the spot is about the size of
the focusing brackets, 2.3mm (even less with the high-end 1-digit
bodies). The 1D... canons are the same. That's a difference. In actual
use, the 2.3mm on my nikon is just about right in many situations. I
wouldn't like a meter with larger "spot".
:-)
Good light!
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