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EOS metering antiquated?

Started Mar 7, 2004 | Discussion thread

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EOS metering antiquated?

Mar 7, 2004

Why is it that a fev very small highlights can lower the exposure by several stops, still not being able to correctly expose those highligths, wheras the sky, filling 25-30% of the viewfinder, is allowed to be totally blown-out?

I feel less and less confident in the metering system. I might get a light-meter and go back to automatic metering.

(The reason I complain at all has to do with the quick feedback a DSLR can give. With film I wouldn't have thought so much about it.)

This is not an attack on Canon, as I admire the company. In addition, I don't know if any other DSLR does any better.

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EOS metering antiquated?	patrik_f	Mar 7, 2004
Metering is fantastic	pbleic	Mar 7, 2004
Re: Metering is fantastic	patrik_f	Mar 7, 2004
You need to become familiar with metering in general	pbleic	Mar 7, 2004
Re: You need to become familiar with metering in general	patrik_f	Mar 7, 2004
Re: Metering is (something)	icmp	Mar 7, 2004
Here's a simple explanation.	Tom F>	Mar 7, 2004
Re: Metering is fantastic	patrik_f	Mar 7, 2004
PLEASE, read the articles I posted	pbleic	Mar 7, 2004
Re: PLEASE, read the articles I posted	patrik_f	Mar 7, 2004
Bookmark (NT)	rmarko	Mar 8, 2004
You didn't respond to my other post	pbleic	Mar 7, 2004
Re: You didn't respond to my other post	patrik_f	Mar 7, 2004
OK, no problem (nt)	pbleic	Mar 7, 2004
not antiquated, just flaky	DannyV	Mar 7, 2004
Re: not antiquated, just flaky	patrik_f	Mar 7, 2004
Good luck with your camera	pbleic	Mar 7, 2004
EOS Metering = Marketing Design / Protected / Focus	Stan	Mar 7, 2004
Re: EOS Metering = Marketing Design / Protected / Focus	patrik_f	Mar 7, 2004
Troll alert - I got sucked in, you shouldn't.	pbleic	Mar 7, 2004
Re: Troll alert - I got sucked in, you shouldn't.	patrik_f	Mar 7, 2004
Ostrich Alert OR Protector of the Faith?	Stan	Mar 7, 2004
Phlebic, I'm A Bit Confused	Taylor	Mar 7, 2004
Your immaturity shows in your post	pbleic	Mar 7, 2004
Re: Your immaturity shows in your post	Taylor	Mar 7, 2004
Apology accepted	pbleic	Mar 7, 2004
Re: Apology accepted	Taylor	Mar 7, 2004
Re: Apology accepted	Jeremiahd	Mar 8, 2004
Re: Apology accepted	Doug Kerr	Mar 8, 2004
Active focsuing points	Doug Kerr	Mar 8, 2004
Camera selected focusng point(s)	Doug Kerr	Mar 7, 2004
A little boke today, are we?	Doug Kerr	Mar 7, 2004
Re: EOS metering antiquated?	Emil Pozar	Mar 7, 2004
Re: EOS metering antiquated?	patrik_f	Mar 7, 2004
hmmm..	DWBell	Mar 7, 2004
MUCH more importantly ;-)	pbleic	Mar 7, 2004
Re: hmmm..	patrik_f	Mar 7, 2004
Re: hmmm..	DWBell	Mar 7, 2004
You are a true gentleman	pbleic	Mar 7, 2004
I use a light meter...	Michael Louis	Mar 9, 2004
Re: hmmm..	patrik_f	Mar 7, 2004
You have learned some wrong things.	pbleic	Mar 8, 2004
Re: You have learned some wrong things.	patrik_f	Mar 8, 2004
Re: ... something else to learn!	stoffer	Mar 8, 2004
No Drebel Does NOT have a 10 F-Stop Range	Stan	Mar 7, 2004
Good point Stan...	DWBell	Mar 7, 2004
Photographer's input still valuable	T3	Mar 8, 2004
Re: Photographer's input still valuable	patrik_f	Mar 9, 2004
Re: Photographer's input still valuable	pbleic	Mar 9, 2004
Re: Photographer's input still valuable	patrik_f	Mar 9, 2004
Re: Photographer's input still valuable	pbleic	Mar 9, 2004
Re: Photographer's input still valuable	patrik_f	Mar 9, 2004
Re: Photographer's input still valuable	PC Long	Mar 9, 2004
Re: Photographer's input still valuable	patrik_f	Mar 9, 2004
Very good point.	BigMike	Mar 9, 2004
Re: Photographer's input still valuable	T3	Mar 9, 2004
Re: Photographer's input still valuable	patrik_f	Mar 9, 2004
Good exposure depends on interaction	BigMike	Mar 9, 2004
Re: Good exposure depends on interaction	patrik_f	Mar 9, 2004
Exactly Mike! Well said!	Sandman	Mar 9, 2004
Re: Exactly Mike! Well said!	BigMike	Mar 9, 2004
Easy Repeatability...	Stan	Mar 9, 2004
Re: EOS metering antiquated?	RATPhoto	Mar 9, 2004
I honestly don't like the Rebel's metering myself.	Jay Aquino	Mar 9, 2004
Another one (nt)	pbleic	Mar 9, 2004
Re: Another one (nt)	Jay Aquino	Mar 9, 2004
Touchy, touchy	pbleic	Mar 9, 2004
Re: Touchy, touchy	Jay Aquino	Mar 9, 2004
Allow me to clarify	pbleic	Mar 9, 2004
Re: Allow me to clarify	Jay Aquino	Mar 9, 2004
Re: Allow me to clarify	pbleic	Mar 9, 2004
Re: Allow me to clarify	Jay Aquino	Mar 9, 2004
Re: Touchy, touchy	Donald Cooper	Mar 9, 2004
Re: Touchy, touchy	pbleic	Mar 9, 2004
here	KG	Mar 9, 2004
with respect KG	DWBell	Mar 9, 2004
Re: with respect KG	KG	Mar 9, 2004
Fill flash	pbleic	Mar 9, 2004
I missed the ;-(	pbleic	Mar 9, 2004
Re: here	patrik_f	Mar 9, 2004
Re: EOS metering antiquated?	JThomasLambert	Mar 9, 2004
Flash metering!	pbleic	Mar 9, 2004
Re: Flash metering!	JThomasLambert	Mar 9, 2004
Re: Flash metering!	Andrew Sanders	Mar 9, 2004
Re: Flash metering!	pbleic	Mar 9, 2004
Re: Flash metering!	Andrew Sanders	Mar 9, 2004
Use AEL if recomposing after focusing	SFJP	Mar 9, 2004
Re: Use AEL if recomposing after focusing	patrik_f	Mar 10, 2004

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