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<blockquote data-quote="Pocono_ACE" data-source="post: 668784" data-attributes="member: 44850"><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Hmm, you got me thinking. I went to the NikonUSA website and looked up the technical specs for both the Df and the D850. Both had this entry under "Metering Method":</span></p><p></p><p> <span style="color: #b22222"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Color Matrix Metering available with non-CPU lenses if user provides lens data</span></span></span><span style="color: #404040"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #404040"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #404040"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">I also see no lens restrictions under "Exposure Modes." So does this mean that if I supplied the lens data to the D850 it would offer Color Matrix Metering in all exposure modes? Ugh, I really hadn't planned on spending over $3000 for my next camera.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #404040"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #404040"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">What I really don't get is why Nikon would drop a capability its "prosumer" camera (the D90 ten years ago and the D7500 now) used to possess. Was there an engineering reason, or was it just to push the customer up the food chain? That would be a real crap move on their part.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #404040"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #404040"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pocono_ACE, post: 668784, member: 44850"] [SIZE=2]Hmm, you got me thinking. I went to the NikonUSA website and looked up the technical specs for both the Df and the D850. Both had this entry under "Metering Method":[/SIZE] [COLOR=#404040][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2] [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#b22222][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]Color Matrix Metering available with non-CPU lenses if user provides lens data[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#404040][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2] I also see no lens restrictions under "Exposure Modes." So does this mean that if I supplied the lens data to the D850 it would offer Color Matrix Metering in all exposure modes? Ugh, I really hadn't planned on spending over $3000 for my next camera. What I really don't get is why Nikon would drop a capability its "prosumer" camera (the D90 ten years ago and the D7500 now) used to possess. Was there an engineering reason, or was it just to push the customer up the food chain? That would be a real crap move on their part.[/SIZE] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#404040][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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