On Oct 22, 2006, at 12:55 PM, Adam Maas wrote: > Just to be pedantic, I'll note the FA had AMP (Automatic multi- > pattern) > metering, matrix metering was introduced on the F801/N8008 (The > hardware > was identical though).
Sure, I'll give you that. ;-) > To this day, I find the FA has one of the best meters Nikon's ever > produced. In testing, I found it to outperform the later 6 segment > units > that Nikon used in the late 90's and early 2000's in the low and > mid-range bodies. It also performed as well as the 8 segment unit > in the > F90/F90x. I wanted an FA at one point but was satisfied with the FE2 and FM2, F3. Some folks told me there were a few quality problems with the FAs, but that didn't make the metering system an issue. Never did get on with the later low-, mid-range Nikon film bodies. > The 16 segment unit in the *ist's and k1x0D seem to be similarly > accurate, and lack the Nikon 5-segment units one failing, the > occasional > issue with portrait orientation. As I say, the only really issue I've found using the DS body for these past 25,000 exposures is that it tends to underexpose by 0.3-0.7 EV when shooting RAW mode. I think this is because it doesn't recalibrate exposure for RAW format, like the Sony R1 does. A small issue for me. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
