My guess is that the 5 point AF system is really a 5
zone system, which means that there are 5 focusing
zones from near to far. Its better than fixed focus
and should work ok with a 35mm lens in daylight.
Second guess is that the metering system is a smaller
spot set into a larger area. These are usually biased
so that if the central area is darker than the
surround the lens will open up or the flash will go
off.
Warren
--- Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Perhaps one of you who are more familiar than I am
> with automatic
> camera specs can explain the following to me:
>
> There is a central AF spot in the viewfinder, but
> the specs say:
> a sophisticated five-point passive auto focus system
> provides
> accurate focus down to 1.1 feet What exactly does
> that mean?
>
>
> The metering seems to be a large central fairly
> sharp edged spot of
> sensitivity but specs say:
> Two-part external light meter with SPD element
> What purpose is there for a two part meter,
> perhaps for error control?
>
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> Winsor Crosby
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