kshapero
South Florida Man
Besides the Olympus OM series, do any other film SLR's have a built in spot meter?
Built in spot meters on SLR's
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raid
Dad Photographer
The Canon T90 has one of the most advanced metering systems ever put into a camera. One of the options was spotmetering. While the T90 was a prototype for the EOS1, it was superior to the EOS1.
The Canon F1N has interchangeable focus screens that have spotmeter and partial spotmeter screens. Canon was far ahead of Nikon here.
The Canon F1N has interchangeable focus screens that have spotmeter and partial spotmeter screens. Canon was far ahead of Nikon here.
Tejasican
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Nikon F4 and Leica R4 have them.
dogberryjr
[Pithy phrase]
Even the old T70 had a ~10% partial spot meter function.
raid
Dad Photographer
The T70 was plasticky looking. It replaced the solid A1.
dogberryjr
[Pithy phrase]
Raid, I have a soft spot for the T70; it was my first real camera. When it was new, "plasticky" was a good thing.
raid
Dad Photographer
It was an OK camera. The T50 was very basic.
Jack Conrad
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Mamiya DTL 1000 had spot metering.
Pioneer
Veteran
Both my Pentax PZ1p and the Pentax MZ-S have spotmetering ability built in. In fact, the spotmeter in my PZ1p is very good.
CliveC
Well-known
If you want basic, try the Cosina-made T60.
It's built pretty cheaply, but it's the lightest camera to be part of the FD platform.
rodinal
film user
Pentax Spotmatic...
raid
Dad Photographer
The T90 and the F1N are to me like Leica M cameras. They are that good.
raid
Dad Photographer
I don't think so. Pentax may have planned a spotmeter for it, but it it not happen.
Pablito
coco frío
Nikon N80, F100, etc.
The N80 sells for peanuts today and is far more capable than the beloved FM / FE series. I said more capable, not necessarily more durable...
The N80 sells for peanuts today and is far more capable than the beloved FM / FE series. I said more capable, not necessarily more durable...
nikon_sam
Shooter of Film...
Nikon F4 and F5...
kshapero
South Florida Man
Yes the Nikon F4, a doozy.😀
raid
Dad Photographer
I dumped my Nikon cameras and kept my Canon cameras only due to not having spot meters at that time. The Canon cameras did. The rest is history.
Paul Jenkin
Well-known
My Nikon F5 and F6 both have spot, centre-weighted and average / matric metering. All perform excellently well, in my experience.
I agree with Raid that the T90 has a superb system. I used to use one when it first came out and it never let me down. IMO, it's a pit they didn't extend the "T" family beyond the T90 but I suppose it was on the cusp of the introduction of mainstream auto-focus camera technology and that signalled the death knell for the FD range (more's the pity). I never got on with EOS. Can't explain why not.
My old M6 Leica wasn't "spot" metered but it always felt heavily centre-weighted, which too a bit of getting used to.
I agree with Raid that the T90 has a superb system. I used to use one when it first came out and it never let me down. IMO, it's a pit they didn't extend the "T" family beyond the T90 but I suppose it was on the cusp of the introduction of mainstream auto-focus camera technology and that signalled the death knell for the FD range (more's the pity). I never got on with EOS. Can't explain why not.
My old M6 Leica wasn't "spot" metered but it always felt heavily centre-weighted, which too a bit of getting used to.
valdas
Veteran
Contax S2 (fully mechanical Contax SLR that came in two versions - spot metering in S2 and center weighted metering in S2b model)
And other Contaxes had the number of metering modes including spot (Aria, MT167).
And other Contaxes had the number of metering modes including spot (Aria, MT167).
sevo
Fokutorendaburando
You had a T90! The T90 preceded the F4 by a mere two years. Before that, there only was the F-1 New, which can be converted to spot metering by inserting a spot screen - but that was rather clumsy, and was rarely done. Most people that picked a F-1 New at the time don't seem to have done so for the spot screens (the absence of a AE lock button making spot and AE mutually exclusive - and AE was the feature of the period), making them the rarest screens by far on the used market. What is more, even now a fair proportion among those on offer still are NOS, i.e. never got sold and used.
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