My girlfriend has an MZ50 and it more often than not over exposes her shots.
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From: "Joseph Tainter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: Multi-segment metering and exposure compensation
> The comment below is very interesting. Some time ago there was a
> discussion of whether Pentax's multi-segment metering overexposes. I
> traded my K1000 for a ZX 50, and found that the two-segment meter on
> that body definitely overexposed. So I switched to a 1p and use
> center-weighted. The exposure is rarely off.
>
> Joe
>
> > I use exposure compensation with my MZ-7 pretty often. I must say I
don't
> > like matrix metering at all, but have no choice except for mounting my
SMC M
> > 50/f2 on, which turns my matrix into center-weighted metering. But since
> > it's true that one never knows, what the matrix is exactly going to do,
I
> > always bracket (manually) my compensated photos.
> > Do I trust the matrix? Not really, but perhaps it's irrational. I agree
that
> > it's possible to know how the matrix reacts, but disagree (from my
> > experience), that it gets fooled in the same way as c-w or spot
metering.
> > I've found out that my MZ-7 meters very precisely (and I mean shooting
> > slides) except for sunny days, when it tends to overexpose scenes that
> > include bright elements (!) by 1/2 to 1 EV.
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