Originally Posted By: andy
Originally Posted By: siberia37

You are assuming light meters are always correct.

I'm not, hence my quotes around the word 'right' in the phrase "please get the exposure 'right' for me".


But then you asked the camera to prevent you from taking the shot if the exposure is not "right". So the camera should trust it's light meter more than the user?

I suppose you could design the camera to force you to take the shot in manual mode- but that's not exactly elegant behavior...