----- Original Message ----- From: "Jens Bladt" Subject: RE: *ist-Ds Vs. K10D image quality?
> Regarding exposure, I'll do som emore test tomorrow, evenly lit scenes > (walls, grey card etc.) as well ad contraty ones, im order tio figure out > if > the meter is off or if the matrix metering is over reacting. Surely I > can't > live with this. > > When photographing a a scenery with a very bright sky (very common in the > northern parts og the world) I must dial in MINUS CORRECTION, when using > the > K10D. This is the exact opposite of what I have done for the last 30 > years! > I could never get used to this. My K10D requires reversed backlight > compensation. Surely that can't be right! > It soulds to me like the metering is compensating the sky as if it was a backlit scene (overexposing to ensure sufficient exposure to the subject). This is what we call subject failure in the industry. I think you will find the meter is behaving normally, and that you will need to adjust your metering strategy for this scene type. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
