On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Bob Meyer wrote:
> But the evaluative metering in the Elan II has always
> disapointed me--doesn't work very well at all in
> backlit shots. (And before all or you Elan II owners
> start screaming, I own one to, and like it a lot. But
:-) We ain't gonna scream about this - actually the only screaming we've
done about this issue was long time ago, when we realized that it really
is quite poor.
> The Elan IIe has 6 metering areas, the Elan 7 has 35.
> There's a bit difference right there in how many
> variations they can detect. The number of "scenes"
> the camera compares to varies from body to body, too.
That is one thing. Also the pattern of the EOS 50e (Elan IIe) is such that
the outhermost large are covers both the sky and the ground in landscapes
and that's why, IMHO, it does not expose even the simplest landscape
pictures very well. Most often the ground is quite dark as the sky has
fooled the meter. I don't remember how well this worked in a snowy scene
though. (There is a small slice missing from the top of the largest area
to account for this problem, but it's not enough.) The difference between
EOs 50e and EOS 5 was already very clear. EOS 5 has much more consistent
exposure in evaluative mode. It can evaluate the scene much better. Of
course, the EOS 1N was the same, but I do speak from experience: My dad
had EOS 5 and I have EOS 50e. Now I can add EOS 3 (and EOS 1V, from my
dad) to the list of better cameras than my trusty EOS 50e in this regards.
They all give mych better results in evaluative metering mode. But I still
think EOS 50e is very good camera. Just try to partial metering. I even
think it's said in the manual that one should use partial metering when
photographing a (heavily) backlit subject...
Many years ago I didn't think I'd ever write that one should get to know
his/hers camera. None of them is perfect, one must learn the weaknesses
and learn what to do in those situations. I was then a newbie, and I
thought that is something that i could not do ever... but with experience,
you will start to learn the camera. This was just a note to newbies that
may have EOS 50e and might now think that it's a bad camera and they need
to upgrade to get better pictures. Not true.
Best regards,
Hugo.
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