Recent Annoyance with the FE2

[Chan Tran]

Never said that ADR affected the metering itself.

What I said was that with ADR on a center-the-needle camera you have what is effectively a hybrid match-needle/center-the-needle system in that you can see the aperture as you change it while at the same time you can see how that affects the exposure without taking your eye away from the viewfinder - which is the biggest benefit of a match-needle system.

So what do you call a typical modern SLR meter display i.e. the Nikon F5. Both shutter speed and aperture are displayed in the viewfinder plus a bargraph with +/- 2EV in 1/3EV increment?

 

[f8&bthere]

So what do you call a typical modern SLR meter display i.e. the Nikon F5. Both shutter speed and aperture are displayed in the viewfinder plus a bargraph with +/- 2EV in 1/3EV increment?

???

A modern, full information, electronic LCD/LED bar graph meter display?

With needle displays there is an electromechanical linkage which physically moves the needle in direct response to changes in light, aperture, shutter speed, and ISO. With modern meter displays nothing physically moves.

But yes, I suppose you can refer to modern LCD/LED bar graph and over/under displays as "match-needle" or "center-the-needle" in the same way that some people still refer to modern sofas as divans.

 

[mporter012]

kironkid - yes, what les sarile said.