In article <01bb8dc7$2821e960$c33acbc7@dima>, dima@mse.mhs.compuserve.com says...
>Bob Neuman wrote in article
><4v62kl$oi9@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu>...
>
>> Uh, the "s" spot meter causes a "dead" center in the center-weighted
>> meter area
>

>What exactly do you mean, a 'dead' center? Do you mean that the center
>(spot) area is not included in the center-weighted metering? If so, where
>does this info comes from? (I mean I think you're wrong here...)

I mean just that! Try moving the 8008s so as to move a bare light bulb
with a dark background across the screen, after metering the bulb inside
the large circle in the finder, but away from the center. You will find
that most of the meter sensitivity is in a "doughnut", roughly centered
on the screen, with the small center and the area outside the large circle
being relatively "dead" - not a meter pattern that I would choose to use!
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