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M ETERI NG WI TH T HE XG-7
( A u t o m a t i c m o d e o n l y )
The "centra\-zone weighted overall" meter-
ing svstem in your XG-7 emp\oys two CdS ce\\s
m o u n t e d b e h i n d t h e p e n t a p r i s m s o t h a t l i g h t
f r o m a l l p a r t s o f t h e v i e w f i e l d ( p i c t u r e a r e a ) i s
measured but influence from a broad central
a r e a i s g r e a t e s t . T h u s t h e r e a d i n g s h o u l d y i e l d
satisfactory exposure without
ad justment as
l o n g a s t h e m a i n s u b j e c t a r e a o c c u p i e s a m a j o r
p a r t o f t h e f r a m e .
l f t h e s u b j e c t a r e a t o b e m e a s u r e d o c c u p i e s a
r e l a t i v e l y s m a l l p a r t o f t h e f r a m e , m o v e t h e
c a m e r a s o t h a t t h e m a i n s u b j e c t f i l l s m o s t o f
t h e f r a m e . N o t e t h e s h u t t e r s p e e d s e t t i n g i n t h i s
p o s i t i o n a n d c o m p e n s a t e f o r t h e e x p o s u r e
d i f f e r e n c e w i t h t h e s h u t t e r - s p e e d / f u n c t i o n s e -
l e c t o r o r u s e m a n u a l s p e e d s t o s e t t h e s a m e
v a l u e w h e n m a k i n g t h e e x p o s u r e f r o m t h e
o r i g i n a l p o s i t i o n . F u r t h e r , i f t h e m o s t i m p o r -
tant area is very much brighter or darker than
the rest of the frame and does not fill most of
it, exposure should be decreased or increased
\^lith the same control from 112 to 2 stops, the
exact amount varying with the specitic bright-
ness difference and the effect desired. (p.29).
As with most metering systems, strong
sources of direct light or other very bright areas
m a y i n f l u e n c e t h e r e a d i n g a d v e r s a l y i s a l l o w e d
t o d o m i n a t e t h e f r a m e .
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T h o u g h y o u r X G - 7 f i n d e r i s d e s i g n e d t o
m i n i m i z e t h e e f f e c t o n t h e m e t e r o f l i g h t
e n t e r i n g t h r o u g h t h e f i n d e r e y e p i e c e u n d e r
u s u a l c o n d i t i o n s , c a r e m u s t b e e x e r c i s e d t o
p r e v e n t t h i s e s p e c i a l l y i f y o u w e a r g l a s s e s . U s e o f
a r u b b e r e y e c u p i s f u r t h e r r e c o m m e n d e d w h e n
t h e s u b j e c t i s i n s h a d e a n d t h e c a m e r a i s i n
s u n l i g h t , w h e n b r i g h t s i d e l i g h t f a l l s b e t w e e n e y e
a n d e y e p i c e , o r w h e n s t o p d o w n m e t e r i n g i s
u s e d , p a r t i c u l a r l y a t s m a l l a p e r t u r e s ( s e e p . 4 4 ) .
W h e n v i e w i n g i s u n n e c e s s a r y , t h e e y e p i e c e c a p
( s e e p . 2 5 ) c a n b e u s e d t o c o m p l e t e l y e l i m i n a t e
t h i s p r o b l e m . )