Originally Posted by axl
why is that?
and it's bit of a shame, because I find spot metering rather usefull...
Because the meter sits in the prism housing and takes its reading off the screen (as almost all SLRs/DSLRs do). The split image screen in the center of the screen will lead to a very different reading, than with the pure matte screen, for which the meter was calibrated.
Ben
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