"William Graham" <weg9@comcast.net> wrote in message news:5gwub.182770$ao4.614522@attbi_s51...

> I think you're right about that.....I understand the spot meter position,

Oh, can that one cause trouble unless you really know how to use

it, and can take the time to do it properly (which is silly with 35mm

using a good center-weighted metering pattern with some idea

of what that means...;-)

> and the center weighted, but the "Matrix" stuff is over my head.....I only

> use it in P mode, when I really don't want to think about what I'm doing,

> and just expect the camera to do it all for me......(like when I'm in a real

> hurry....)

Ah, "snapshot" mode...;-)

I use MM only with fast shooting with color negative materials,

but prefer the better control offered by the M, A, and S modes

(at least with flash...). For all else, the "roll-o'-th'-dice" aspect

of Matrix Metering is not useful in that I can get more consistently

good exposures using the reliable info from center-weighted metering

without MM...

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David Ruether

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