IMHO the advances in TTL metering are attempts to become as good as quality hand-held meters. It's also MHO that multi segment metering calculates an xposure that is correct most of the time but not every time, and the photographer isn't likely to know just what skew the meter's interpretive feature has put on the exposure. OTOH a hand-held meter used with experience and skill gets the correct exposure every time, and its workings are completely transparent. Centre-weighted averaging TTL is almost as good as external metering if you use manual exposure or a memory-lock in auto, it is arguably even better when a very long lens is up front.
TTL metering is for speed of working where that's essential, or convenience whether to avoid the purchase of an external meter or to carry less gear. It's a compromise whose price is ultimate accuracy. It's unreasonable to expect full backwards compatability from a CHEAP camera like the *ist, which is chock-full of bells and whistles for first time 35mm SLR users or those prepared to accept limitations when using obsolete lenses. At least you'd be able to use those lenses. Good luck fitting old-mount Canon or Minolta lenses to the current bodies of those brands. Pentax has cameras in its current lineup for old lens owners, and most likely will have suitable future offerings when the higher level *ists (or the mythic "New LX") come out. regards, Anthony Farr ----- Original Message ----- From: "Artur Ledóchowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (snip) > Buying an external meter only to be able to work with the plain K-mount > lenses in the M mode of the *ist makes no sense to me. The camera has a new, > advanced, 16-segment matrix and it's IMHO better to get rid of such lenses > and get the KA-mount ones to be able to use it. > One thing I'm sure is that the *ist is not the camera for me - I need full > backward compatibility... > Regards > Artur > > >
