Whatever the subject brightness is, the EOS-1v's 21-zone Evaluative meter will make sure the exposure is spot-on, to the point of which you will be asking whether the other metering options, like Partial, Spot, Fine Spot, Multi-spot and Center Weighted average, will be needed at all. Of course, Canon designed this camera with the user in mind where he/she can maximize its fullest potential, as each person has his/her own preferences in selecting the modes and metering options available. These final four photos of the pasar malam are further examples of the EOS-1v's Evaluative metering. For the first shot (below, left), I had the focus locked onto the middle area of the scene, of the soft drink containers, yet the exposure for them and the crowd and the seller were correct despite some of them being in the shades. For the next shot, I had the camera slanted for its AF to lock onto the coconut grinder's face so his bright white shirt would not fool the exposure, then recompose and shoot. A soft drink seller and the crowd A man and his coconut grinding machine     Potato chips seller under the shade A butcher cutting his fresh beef The potato chips seller was under the shade of his large and colorful umbrella, which also gave a warm cast over him and his daughter as well as the packed chips on the stall. No problem for the EOS-1v's AF and Evaluative metering system. The same goes for the butcher who was captured preparing his fresh beef for sale. It was still quite early when I set out to shoot this pasar malam site located on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur since most of them were still in the process of setting up their stalls. Nature and close-ups I usually have a minor problem with the older version of the EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro when it was used with my EOS-1N camera in getting it to focus on close-up subjects in either available or low-light shooting, hand-held, to the extent I had to resort to manual focus. Not with the EOS-1v, though. This close-up photo of the leaves was shot with the Macro lens under low-light condition at 1/20 sec. at f/2.8, hand-held. One of the EOS-1v's 45-point AF managed to lock onto the leaf on the left side without the lens going on a hunting mode. Of course, shooting close-ups outdoors are even easier, as the next three photos have shown. The same Macro lens easily snapped into focus with the improved contrasts and surroundings. Low-light shooting on leaves AF/meter locked onto white flower     A close-up of an orchid Another bunch of orchids << Back to Main . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 .