Re: Re[4]: LX with AF, realy it works !

[Nenad Djurdjevic]

Alexander Krohe wrote:

> The LX measures light in two different ways:
> -- For the viewfinder indication, the LX measures the
> light that is reflected from a secondary mirror onto
> the metering cell (this value is stored in the camera
> CPU).

I read that only 15% of the light passes to the metering cell when the
mirror is down which is why the LX metering cannot be as accurate in manual
mode as in auto.  This is probably why Pentax decided not to fit AE lock and
spot meter functions.

Nenad


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