Re: PZ-1 metering

[Joe Wilensky]

I tried it both ways -- and the camera gave me centerweighted results each time. It was dramatically different when I switched to my FA lens -- my subject, a candle flame at maybe 15 feet away, lit up the spotmetering area. With the K lens, the meter reacted as I expect centerweighted metering would -- the candle flame had an increasing effect on exposure as I moved it toward the center of the frame, but not nearly as much as the flame did when I placed it dead center with spotmetering active with the FA lens.

Would this have been a "software" fix incorporated into the PZ-1p (or maybe later versions of the PZ-1), given that the PZ-1p doesn't seem to have this problem?

Joe

Joe,
Try the PF function when using a K or M lens.
My PZ-1 switches to Spot metering when I switch from
CE (center weighted) to SP (spot metering) in PF#1.
My Spot button changes nothing with K or M lenses.
Regards,  Bob S.

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 I tested my PZ-1, too. No spotmetering with a K lens, definite
 spotmetering with an FA prime of the same focal length (50mm). I had
 thought the spotmetering worked with all K-mount lenses, but it
 doesn't. Readings in spot mode match the ones in
 centerweighted mode.
 That's too bad, but it's good to know.

 Joe