On Mar 1, 2010, at 2:46 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: > It has been stated by several K7 owners that the metering has > improved quite a bit over the K20D. I am curious as to the details > of this difference. Are we talking about matrix metering and > automatic modes on the camera, or are we talking about center > weighted and manual exposure settings... > > Hopefully you get my gist. Can those who have noticed this please > enlighten me a bit on what exactly you have noticed? I can say that > the matrix metering in my K-x seems to do a better job that my K20D - > of course, I mostly use center weighted so I'm not sure if that > matters so much. Or perhaps I use center weighted because it is more > predictable. > > Any thoughts and ideas are appreciated. > I've observed a substantial difference in terms of matrix metering in all modes. Spot metering is the only other variation I employ regularly, and it seemed fine on previous Pentax cameras. But matrix used to vary greatly in accuracy and deviation from correct exposure on both the k10 and 20. The K7 is a world apart.
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