A bar-code reader terminal can be connected to the side of the camera to preset for specific lighting situations.
In nightclubs, audiences were often sitting on three sides of the performers with less than ideal lighting situations.
After all, today's cameras have technology that lets them find and focus on faces, reduce red eye and compensate for most lighting situations.
How soon does this lighting situation get itself fixed?
But in most lighting situations, both types perform comparably.
Meter could measure eight individual spots and average them for precise exposure control in difficult lighting situations.
For a lighting situation with strong back light, turn on the camera's spot mode.
I don't have any direct comparisons available, but they look about as good as pics from an iPhone 4 under similar lighting situations.
Fixed-focus camera is loaded with 27 exposures of Fujicolor 400 speed film, ideal for most lighting situations.
We lose even more from our national lighting situation.