> > From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/07/20 Wed AM 08:02:31 GMT > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: The Nine Second Difference > > I saw that and thought that might have something to do with it. But look > at the left side of the subject where the lower shot has a much larger > bright area on the left than the upper shot. I guess the intelligent, > multi-segment meter decided that bright area was of no importance <LOL> > > BTW, had I adjusted the camera to use the way I'd usually use an in camera > meter, I may have used spot metering, or just used the thing in complete > manual mode and determined my own exposures. However, the point was to > learn how the camera reacts to different variables. > That said, the results of this "learning experience" prove, or certainly > lends credence to, what I've always said about built-in meters, and that is > that often small changes in the frame will have a large effect upon the way > a scene is rendered, and that for the most a built-in meter cannot be > trusted to provide consistent and accurate results.
<pedant> The meter will give consistent and accurate results. You just have to learn to interpret them. 8-) In complex cases, an incident meter will be easier to interpret. But that would mean carrying two pieces of photographic gear and, for most people, they just want to "Shoot and Go" 8-) </pedant> m ----------------------------------------- Email provided by http://www.ntlhome.com/
