Bruce, I don't have K20D but I have K10D. So my comparison would be between K10 and K-7. Here goes.
Generally, my shooting workflow with K10D was to get on location, make a shot or two and watch the histogram. Then I would usually decide to give it something between -0.3 to -0.7 Ev of compensation. Then I would go on shooting. If I notice the scene somewhat different from those few initial shots, I would review the histogram and reconsider the compensation. Thusly, I would have spent lots of time chimping and mostly chimping for histogram. Number of times I would have lost a shot because I wasn't speedy enough to notice the difference in lighting. The stability and/or reliability of the meter in K10D had much to be desired. With K-7 I just don't bother. It almost always produces a RAW file that can be brought to the good shape in post or simply produces spot on exposure. The only thing I need to decide before hand is whether to turn on the DR extension. E.g. shooting in that snowy park with highlight expansion on and 2/3 of shade expansion proved useful so as to not loose bright snow and dark trees. I've lost few shots with K-7 due to metering, but it is far less a fraction than in case of K10D. I always shoot in matrix metering in hyper program mode - suits me the best. On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 9:46 PM, Bruce Dayton <[email protected]> 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. > > -- > Bruce > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
