Thanks. Your summary makes it much clearer. What's interesting is that
the matrix metering keys off the focus point rather than the center of
the image. Is this a new discovery for you as well?
Now that I have a clearer understanding of what you were saying I think
I'll go back and re-read the original to see if there's anything I missed.
Chuck Norcutt
On 4/13/2011 11:13 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
>> Thanks. Very interesting stuff!
>
> YW. Oh, by the way. I took a couple test photos with the A1 on that
> challenge and the exposure pretty well nailed it. That 1.3 stops
> variance depending on where I pointed the AF spot corresponded almost
> perfectly to what I would have wanted. In fact, I played around with
> the OM-3Ti's spot metering mode using the Hilite/Shadow buttons and it
> also tracked very closely.
>
> To restate what I just said, so it kinda sinks in...
>
> When I spot-metered the deepest shadow in my test and hit the shadow
> button, it gave me almost the exact same exposure as the A1's matrix
> metering gave when I selected the same place for the AF to identify as
> the subject.
>
> When I spot-metered the light subject and pressed the Hilite button,
> it gave me almost the exact same exposure as the A1's matrix metering
> gave when I selected the same place for the AF to identify the
> subject.
>
> I've confirmed in real-world photography over the past seven years
> that the A1's metering is spank'n good. What would you expect from the
> very last "Minolta" branded cameras made?
>
> AG
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