I've never seen a 630 but seem to recall it was one of the lesser priced
EOS bodies... and it still is. Want a cheap spot meter? KEH is
selling them for as low as $19 (BGN) to $43 (EX).
<http://www.keh.com/Search-Products/1/CE/0/630/Grade/0/0/SE.aspx>
Chuck Norcutt
Andrew Fildes wrote:
> Once had an EOS 630 (600)from around 1990 - very accurate metering.
> So much so that I used to use it as a spot meter when shooting 6x9
> with a Mamiya Press!
> Cheaper than a Pentax spot meter and it shot backups too.
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On 19/02/2010, at 10:00 AM, Moose wrote:
>
>>> Shoot, back in the '70s Canon discovered that it could stay with
>>> the worst-possible metering system (sensors in the prism housing
>>> directly above the eyepiece) and just add exposure modes--oh and
>>> stick it all in a chrome-plated plastic body.
>> I don't know much about that. I skipped the whole era of AF film
>> cameras, going from OM to 300D, a cheap, chrome-plated, plastic body.
>> And yet, as a practical matter, the exposure system in that body and
>> the
>> later 5D has turned out to be quite reliable for me. So the 300D body
>> was cheap to make, so what? I never had a single problem with it and
>> it
>> took lots of quite good images. I guess I really am stupid, but if it
>> works, I don't complain.
>
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