Yup, my first voyage into canon SLR was 90's plastic units, eos 300 and eos 500 and a eos 3 or 5 with the eye control (only had 5 points though, thing was a tank). And honestly from every analogue camera with a TTL sensor I've ever used, they always had the best metering, only when shooting underground, sewers and mines was exposure (not the cameras fault) an issue.
Same for the early 2000s Nikons (F80 etc) - light, basically infallible meter, and still so cheap you can chuck them into a bag/use as a holiday camera without worrying about them
Yup, my first voyage into canon SLR was 90's plastic units, eos 300 and eos 500 and a eos 3 or 5 with the eye control (only had 5 points though, thing was a tank). And honestly from every analogue camera with a TTL sensor I've ever used, they always had the best metering, only when shooting underground, sewers and mines was exposure (not the cameras fault) an issue.