Essentially they do the same thing, I don't know if they use the same
methods.
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
>The thought never crossed my mind. I just figured that, since the K/M
>lenses didn't have the electrical contacts of the A series and later
>lenses, the multi point metering couldn't be implemented. No "speculation"
>on my part - just an acceptance of the situation.
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>While it might have been nice to know how to make the lenses provide multi
>segment metering, I really didn't care very much to waste time looking for
>a solution. Others here are so much better at fiddling around with such
>things. If it were an issue, I'd have just asked the list, and guys like
>Roberts would probably have an answer.
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>BTW, isn't matrix metering what Nikon calls their system, and doesn't
>Pentax use the term "multi segment metering?" Are the two the same, or is
>there some difference between them?
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>Shel
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>>[Original Message]
>>From: Kostas Kavoussanakis
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>>>You probably also want matrix
>>>metering with M lenses?
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>>...But, as we have said in a different thread, Pentax won't tell
>>us what/if something has changed in the matrix metering of the DSLRs,
>>so people speculate that this is just another mindless decision to
>>cripple the cameras further. Sorry, to make them cheaper.
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