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Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Title: Re: cameras with auto and FULL manual
Article-I.D.: hogpc.45
Posted: Mon Jan 24 15:43:54 1983
Received: Fri Jan 28 21:02:47 1983


Concerning the following article placed here recently, I feel that
some clarification is required:

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While looking around for a camera that had both automatic
and FULL manual, I discovered that very few fit this bill.
A lot of nice cameras had manual, but NOT with match-needle
(or match-diode) metering! For instance, the Minolta X-700
and the Canon A1 do NOT. I narrowed it down to the Nikon FG
and Olympus OM2n and finally bought the Nikon. I'm very happy.

Carl Yaffey cbosgd!cly

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Although I could be misinterpreting Carl's idea of match-diode
metering, I feel that the Minolta X-700 has the functional
equivalent of match-needle/diode metering.

When the X-700 is used in full manual mode, as "full manual"
implies, the user sets both shutter speed and aperture.  For a given
aperture set by the user, the viewfinder displays (via LED) the 
corresponding "recommended" or "metered" shutter speed.  The displayed 
shutter speed is not necessarily the "taking" shutter speed--the taking
shutter speed is the one set by the user.  When the displayed speed
matches the speed set by the user, it is apparent that the exposure
chosen by the user matches the exposure calculated by the camera's
metering system.  Isn't this the essence of match-needle/diode metering?
I.e., you set shutter speed and vary aperture until a "shutter speed
match" is found (unless you don't want the recommended exposure).

I guess the point I'm making is that the X-700 DOES have a METERED
full manual mode.  (At least my X-700 does, and I'm very happy too!!)

				Dale Hazel
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