>> I've checked and the Center Weighted system for the FE2 is 60/40, where >> for the F-601 is 75/25. Doesn't that mean that the F-601 gives more >> weight on the 12 mm circle than the FE2? > ... Let me explain: In a dark room I positioned a single light source > and measured with the two cameas the exposure. Both give the same value > if the light is either in the middle or at the edge of the frame. If the > light, hoever, is close to the circle than they give entirely different > values. The FE2 goes contiually to other values and beginns with that > already considerably outside the circle. By contrast, the F-601 first > does not seem to react at all, but goes to the other value almost > immediately when crossing the line of the circle. I've also noticed this with my FE2. When metering a small bright light in a dark scene, as I move the camera across, the meter starts low and climbs steadily. It peaks at center, them falls away on the other side. The circle does not seem to mark any sort of boundary with the meter. The whole circle has 60% weighting, but metering is not averaged inside or outside the circle (as in the F-601). The very center of the circle seems to have much higher sensitivity than elsewhere - I tend to think of the meter in the FE2 as a "fuzzy" spot meter. Roland.
