For the photo enthusiast who owns the EOS-3, if you want to have consistently great pictures time after time, the answer lies in using your camera most of the time, rather than using the available leisure time you have to just admiring it or keeping it scratchfree. Reading about what the camera's features can or cannot do on a theoretical basis but hardly using it for picture-taking purposes will also not help improve one's photographic skill. Films are cheap, so go out and experience more with your camera. Unlike many EOS-3 owners, I knew very well that the camera's 21-zone Evaluative metering mode could handle complicated exposure calculations much better than the Canon EOS-1N or any other EOS model before it and I have every confidence of it being able to capture most subject matters even in the most diff'cult lighting conditions. These four photos below show exactly what I mean. Also, this is only the fourth occasion that I am actually using the camera. Each occasion usually consists of 20-30 rolls of film. In the first photo (left), the two boys standing against the backlit road did not fool the EOS-3's Evaluative metering into giving out the wrong exposure because I have used the ECF to lock focus on the boy's face (yellow shirt) It would be a different story if the ECF had been locked onto the shirts of either boys, which are brighter. For the next shot, the focus was on the man standing beside his truck, ignoring the bright spot just behind him on the top left of the photo. Two boys captured under shadow and backlight Another mixed lighting situation     Photographic under overcast shadow The reflection does not affect the overall exposure The 21-zone Evaluative metering handled the shot effectively. For the photo of the two women and kid, which was shot under the shade, the metering was made easier since there are no contrasting highlight or shadow details to worry about. And, the reflection on the glass pane did not fool the camera's meter into underexposing the person entering the McDonal's outlet, either. For the photo of the traffic congestion (below, left), the reflectance from the tarmac did not fool the camera's meter as I had the ECF locked onto the two pedestrians walking among the vehicles. Pedestrians among heavy traffic Shoppers outside a sporting goods shop     Mall visitors against strong backlit scene A girl and her reflection When it comes to available and low-light photography, the EOS-3 set on P mode and Evaluative metering can produce wonderful photos as can be seen from the three other shots shown above. The first shot was quite normal in the senses that the lighting condition was average but the next shot was against intense backlighting but the EOS-3 got it spot-on since focus/exposure was determined from the couple on the middle. For the last shot, I had the ECF locked onto the reflection of the girl's face in the mirror opposite her and the camera adjusted the exposure settings accordingly. << Back to Main . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 .