[Leica] R8 motor exposure bracketing & Pascal response

[Frank Dernie <FrankDernie@compuserve.com>]

Pascal wrote
>And in that mode, it must be acknowledged that the Nikon F5 matrix will 
deliver a higher "hit rate" than the R8 simply because of the more 
elaborate light metering system.<

Pascal it seems that the effectiveness of the algorithm used to combine the
data from the various sensors is more important than the number of sensors.
A few months ago one of the UK mags compared most of the popular SLRs on a
range of both straightforward and difficult lighting conditions. They
included a Nikon FM as a baseline centre weighted system. The number of
metering areas available in matrix mode did not correlate well with the
exposure accuracy. A cheap Pentax with 5 or 6 zone matrix metering was as
good as any. Some of the much vaunted systems were very average.
But----- as we all know if you are serious about precise exposure you use
an incident meter :-) GDR

Cheers Frank