Good information Boris. I think my style has not seen the metering problems you and Paul have reported. I used the *istD, K10D, K20D and K-x. But I primarily use Center Weighted metering. I have not noticed much of any problems when used in the same fashion as the film cameras - ie: be aware of your metering and subject reflectivity.
That was why I was surprised by Bill Robb's mention of a difference with the Center weighted metering on the K7. I can say that I have been trying the matrix metering on the K-x a bit and it seems to do pretty well. It probably is an improvement over the K20D. Anyway, I appreciate all replies to help me understand better. -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, March 1, 2010, 9:42:27 PM, you wrote: BL> Bruce, I don't have K20D but I have K10D. So my comparison would be BL> between K10 and K-7. Here goes. BL> Generally, my shooting workflow with K10D was to get on location, make BL> a shot or two and watch the histogram. Then I would usually decide to BL> give it something between -0.3 to -0.7 Ev of compensation. Then I BL> would go on shooting. If I notice the scene somewhat different from BL> those few initial shots, I would review the histogram and reconsider BL> the compensation. Thusly, I would have spent lots of time chimping and BL> mostly chimping for histogram. Number of times I would have lost a BL> shot because I wasn't speedy enough to notice the difference in BL> lighting. The stability and/or reliability of the meter in K10D had BL> much to be desired. BL> With K-7 I just don't bother. It almost always produces a RAW file BL> that can be brought to the good shape in post or simply produces spot BL> on exposure. The only thing I need to decide before hand is whether to BL> turn on the DR extension. E.g. shooting in that snowy park with BL> highlight expansion on and 2/3 of shade expansion proved useful so as BL> to not loose bright snow and dark trees. I've lost few shots with K-7 BL> due to metering, but it is far less a fraction than in case of K10D. BL> I always shoot in matrix metering in hyper program mode - suits me the best. BL> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 9:46 PM, Bruce Dayton BL> <[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. >> BL> -- BL> 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.
