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- From: acs@csri.toronto.edu (Alvin Chia-Hua Shih)
- Subject: Re: Canon 10s Vs Nikon N90, Which one?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.191209.7652@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
- References: <1992Dec23.083347.18560@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> <1992Dec23.151933.17024@philabs.philips.com> <1992Dec23.184713.16148@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> <1992Dec24.164916.15387@cello.hpl.hp.com>
- Date: 25 Dec 92 00:12:09 GMT
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- In <1992Dec24.164916.15387@cello.hpl.hp.com> jacobson@cello.hpl.hp.com (David Jacobson) writes:
-
- >I don't see what the AF system has to do with the metering system. On
- >my 8008, anyway, the metering is all done off the focusing screen,
- >while the AF is done by a sensor on the floor of the body that
- >receives light that passes through the main mirror then reflects off a
- >small secondary mirror, both of which move out of the way during
- >exposure.
-
- To have focused, your subject must have been in the middle of the
- viewfinder. So, it makes sense to take the exposure off the middle of
- your viewfinder because the subject is there.
-
- Am I missing something?
-
- >And for OTF systems, clearly the sensors are different. Light isn't
- >even reaching the AF sensor or the focusing screen while the exposure
- >is being made.
-
- This is one reason why I can't see how the 5-segment OTF metering of
- the N90 can be much better than centre weighted. The segmetation
- pattern looks good for centred subjects, but by the time you're
- exposing the film, you've recomposed...
-
- > -- David Jacobson
-
- ACS (Facing the wrath of Nikon owners everywhere! :-)
-