I strongly agree with Pal on this one... this also harkens back to the same
arguments that have been passing through this lists. The biggest complaint
that manual camera users have against auotmated cameras is that it does
everything for you and ppl do not know what the camera is doing. The thing
that I always wonder is "If manual camera users can through experimentation
learn what their cameras are doing (meter wise) why cannot auto camera users
do the same thing?" Well we can and we do... Anyway the point of this post
is to share with you this URL from Moose Peterson's web site which contains
the procedure for a simple test that you can use to determine what your
cameras matrix metering will be doing under certain circumstances. It
requires slide film a notebook and some time... Hope this helps! :)
http://www.moose395.net/howto/teddybear.html
--
Blessings,
Nick
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>From: P�l Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Multi-segment metering and exposure compensation
>Date: Fri, Jul 27, 2001, 1:21 PM
>
> Hernan wrote:
>
>> I just read this at Boris's site
>> (http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/extras/K-mount/Kaf.html):
>>
>> Speaking about multi-segment metering: "(...) since algorithm is rather
>> complex, it is very difficult to judge when it will fail and in which
>> "direction." Hence, it is not advisable to use exposure compensation
>> together with multi-segment metering."
>>
>> So, would you use exposure compensation only in spot meter mode? What do you
>> think? How much do you trust multi-segment metering?
>
>
>
> With all due respect, I wouldn't pay much attention to this. I use exposure
> compensation with multipattern metering all the time and in contradiction
> to urban myth the metering doesn't really do weird unpredictable things.
> Its quite easy, although it takes experience, to know how the multipattern
> metering reacts to various situations. When this is said, the multipattern
> metering of the newer Pentax slr's are top notch; they are quite possibly
> the best around. The sucess rate is very high and you can basically rely on
> it. However, multipattern meters get get fooled in the same way that any
> other meter; they just cope better than eg. center weighted meters but the
> same logic and precausions apply. I always, when time permits, check the
> multipattern readout with the spot meter. In the majority of cases I and
> the multipattern meter agree. Exposure is, particularly in tricky lighting
> situations, often a matter of taste; the photographer and the multi pattern
> metering might not agre!
> e even when the cameras choosen exposure cannot be considered wrong.
>
>
> P�l
>
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