I found the multisegment to be consistently more accurate in the MZ-S that the PZ1, i dont think its the amount of segments that counts, its how the software deals with it.
Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Soames Wetmore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 11:16 AM Subject: PZ-1p (8-segment) vs. MZ-S (6-segment) multi-pattern metering > Just out of interest, why did Pentax switch from an eight-segment > multi-pattern metering system (PZ-1p) to a six-segment system (MZ-S)? Does > anyone have any insight? I'm not implying that the MZ-S meter is worse - I > don't believe in sheer numbers (the nine segment Minolta meters seem to test > consistently better than the EOSIVs); I just wonder why they'd take an > APPARENT step back. Was there any problem with the PZ-1p's system? Or was > the six-segment an economy (because of sharing with other ZX cameras)? I've > had excellent results from the 1p multi-pattern metering and scrunched my > nose a little to see it gone in the MZ-S (which, as I said before, may be > just as good or better). > > Robert Soames Wetmore > _____________________ > > "I am not interested in constructing a building so much as in having a > perspicuous view of the foundations of possible buildings" > Wittgenstein > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > - > 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 . - 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 .
