Another way to maximize the potential of the EOS-3 camera or any other EOS model, is to bring the camera along to everywhere you go - in this case, you will get to shoot any scene that attracts your attention. Never say, "I will come back the next time with my camera again and capture the scene I just saw" because chances are, you will never get to accomplish that. I agree it is not easy to carry all the camera equipment one owns to almost everywhere but then again, you don't have to. Just carry the bare essential would be adequate for most occasions, instead of the usual camera bag loaded with two bodies, five or six lenses and two Speedlites. One camera body with one or two lenses, with a vest or simply store them inside pouches rather than a camera bag. It is easier to walk around that way, too. These four images of Kuala Lumpur's famous icons, the KL Tower and the Petronas Twin Towers, were captured just after each other with a zoom lens during the rapidly disappearing sunset over the horizon. Again, the EOS-3's ECF was used for all four shots. For the Twin Towers, the focus was locked onto the right side tower and exposure was retained for all three subsequent shots as the lens was zoomed from 70mm to 135mm. Twin Towers at 70mm Twin Towers at 100mm     Twin Towers at 135mm Silhouette of the KL Tower (200mm) For the KL Tower silhouette, ECF was used to focus the lens onto the tower itself, and the camera, after taking into consideration the brightness of the surroundings, set the required exposure values with Evaluative metering. No exposure compensation was applied for the four photos above. The railings shown in this photo (below, left), was under the shade while its background was bathed in early morning sunlight. Still, with the EOS-3's metering system and ECF, locked onto the railings, allowed me to get a perfect exposure despite the complicated nature of the scene. The same goes for the night-time scene outside Kuala Lumpur's Lot 10 shopping mall. Railings against backlit background Outside Lot 10 Mall at night     Mannequins from a distance Mannequin shot up close The Evaluative metering can also be used to give out a Spot meter tendency by concentrating the ECF on a small section of the picture area and meter off the highlights and simply ignored the shadows, like in these photos where the brightly-lit mannequins, whether shot from a distance or up close. Since the 21-zone metering also covers the surroundings, the overall exposures were not underexposed a lot, as compared to a true Spot meter. << Back to Main . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 .