Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/03

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Subject: RE: [Leica] AF, a FAD? Jeeze...It's not that hard...
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 19:41:33 -0500

At 02:20 PM 5/3/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Have you used every camera out there and tested its metering system to state
>this?!  I have tested every top SLR made and can honestly tell you first
>hand which is the bestter metering system.  IMO for 35mm SLRs the top 4 are
>like this:
>
>1. Nikon F5
>2. Canon EOS-1N
>3. Pentax PZ-1p
>4. Minolta 800si or Maxxum 9

Well, I've owned and used the top two, edited the film for a year from a 
photographer who uses #3 and have yet to play with the future R9 - er 
Maxxum 9. But since it's number four, I'm willing to concede it's not going 
to be as accurate as the top two anyway. So let's go from there.

The F5 is a stupendously amazing meter. It will do perfect exposures in 
more situations than any other camera I've ever seen.

And it can't do backlight. Period.

No camera can do backlight. Period.

If the F5 can't, no camera can. That's my opinion. You come up with a 
better, more accurate meter than the F5 and I will concede your point.

Otherwise, my statement stands. No camera can read my mind and give me 
perfect exposures in every situation. Therefore, it takes knowledge on my 
part to understand the weaknesses of the camera in hand and adjust exposure 
in those situations where it will fail.

Tell me, where am I going wrong in this reasoning?

Eric Welch
St. Joseph, MO
http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch

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