Alin wrote:
> Multisegment metering works great as long as you recognize it's a
> scene for it.
Exactly. And thats the point with any kind of meter.
Its also no big deal finding out which way you need to compensate. It works like any
other meter trying to render everything mid toned.
> Of course, nothing of the above stands true for slide film. Except
> maybe for Velvia that tolerates well one stop of overexposure, and
> perhaps for RSX II 100, multisegment generally burns out the slides.
> One extra stop - which is the common bias of multisegment if
> there's any contrast at all in the scene - is incredibly harmful
> for slide film. Saturation goes down, highlights burn out and the
> whole picture looses all the fun.
The older multi pattern meters from Pentax seems to be slightly biased towards over
exposure - you could say biased for print film. However, the 645n and the MZ-S is more
tuned for slide film.
Pål
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