> Program metering will overexpose light areas in high-contrast light. It > is designed to bring out detail in shadow areas. Best advice: Don't use it. > > I do not have any problem with my *ist D overexposing. The reason is > because I use center-weighted averaging, which gives me consistently > good exposures. Before that I used center-weighted averaging for slide > film on my PZ-1p bodies. After a while I stopped bracketing with slide > film because it was not necessary. > > I think program metering was developed so that people could see facial > details in underexposed images of backlit relatives.
OK, I'll stick to centre-weight for a while and see if that helps. I just think it's very funny (or will be when I forget what the istD cost) that the Optio can get it right 'most every time, but ... ERN
