The meter in the K1000 is pretty poor. It doesn't react well in low light, and sometimes needs a hit of bright light to get it working properly.
A good spot meter, like the Pentax digital spotmeter, has a greater range and is far more sensitive. It's perfect for those hard-to-meter situations as you've described. Different spot meters have different ranges, but they are all far better than what's in the K1000. You might look at the Pentax analog spotmeter if size isn't important. It's a little bigger than the digital meter, but some people like that and prefer the analog display. I have both, and can find a use for both. >From what I've heard, another good meter is the Sekonic L-608. "mike y." wrote: > > Just back from vacationing/apartment shopping in Paris and I've got a > question about the light meter in my k1000 and vivitar 28-90 f2.8 -3.5. I > was shooting available darkness using tmax 400 pushed to 1600, it was quite > dark (got there right at the start of Mass), but no matter what I metered > off of the light meter was dead centered - dark side walls, dim stained > glass, the bright altar, everything showed as good. Did I exceed the lower > limit of the meter's ability? The next day, everything seemed to be working > fine and the batteries checked out ok. Do the 1 degree spot meters have > more range? Now that I understand zones, I've been thinking of one > anyways... > > thanks, > > Mike > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/pow/enter.html http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/cameras/pentax_repair_shops.html - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
