Hard-to-find information about your camera's spot meter (spotmeter) |
Camera's make and model |
Diameter of
the spotmetering / partial metering circle (or region) in mm |
Percent area
of viewfinder region occupied by the spot circle |
Angle of
measure (acceptance) in degrees (° ) with a 50 mm normal lens (24x36mm
frame) |
| Nikon N90 / N90s (N-90) / spot
frame |
3.00 mm |
0.82 % |
3.44° |
| Nikon N70 / spot frame |
3.00 mm |
0.82 % |
3.44° |
| Nikon N6006 / spot frame |
3.50 mm |
1.11 % |
4.00° |
| Nikon 8008s / spot frame |
3.50 mm |
1.11 % |
4.00° |
| Nikon F5 /NO SPOT FRAME |
4.00 mm |
1.50 % |
4.60° |
| Nikon F100 (F-100) /NO SPOT
FRAME |
4.00 mm |
1.50 % |
4.60° |
| Olympus OM-4TI (OM4TI) /
spot frame |
4.70 mm |
2.00 % |
5.40° |
| Olympus OM-3TI (OM3TI) /
spot frame |
4.70 mm |
2.00 % |
5.40° |
| Olympus OM2000 / spot frame |
4.70 mm |
2.00 % |
5.40° |
| Pentax ZX-5N / spot frame |
5.00 mm |
2.30 % |
5.80° |
| Canon EOS 1n / spot frame |
5.00 mm |
2.30 % |
5.80° |
| Nikon F4s / spot frame |
5.00 mm |
2.30 % |
5.80° |
| Pentax PZ1p / spot frame |
5.24 mm |
2.50 % |
6.00° |
| Canon T-90 (T90) / spot
frame |
5.45 mm |
2.70 % |
6.24° |
| Minolta Maxxum 800si /
spot frame |
5.50 mm |
2.80 % |
6.30° |
| Minolta Maxxum 700si /
spot frame |
5.50 mm |
2.80 % |
6.30° |
| Minolta Maxxum 500si /
spot frame |
5.50 mm |
2.80 % |
6.30° |
| Canon EOS A2/A2E / spot
frame |
6.21 mm |
3.50 % |
7.11° |
| Canon EOS
Rebel XTi (lacks frame) |
6mm |
9% |
12.5°
(27mm lens: 15X22.5mm
CCD frame) |
| Canon EOS Rebel series * |
10.2 mm |
9.50 % |
11.68° |
| Nikon N50 /Partial Frame |
12.0 mm |
13.1 % |
13.69° |
| Simplified and
approximate - For illustration purposes only. Information sorted in the order of low (most
accurate) to high (least accurate) angle of measure for a 50mm lens. * These cameras do not have a circular spot area. Numbers are
approximated |
