The 2 segment meter will compensate for backlighting and other not so easy to figure out lighting situations where just centerweight can not. It's not all that unpredictable, the split image range finder is the central sensor and everything else is the outter, if you get the flash warning when the whole area seems well lit it's cause of the meter seeing a possible back lit scene. you can also see the effects in the metering when using centerweight then switching to a FA lens. The MZ-M still does expose well and as long as you watch what the camera is telling you you should be fine.
--- Jaume Lahuerta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Albano, > > Here you have a review with info regarding metterig > pattern: > > http://members.tripod.com/ZXM/zxm_test.html > > I have one, and in some comparisions with MZ-5n > (metering the same thing using the same lens) I > found > that the MZ-M produced readings sometimes like > centerweighted and sometimes like multisegment (6 > segments) in the MZ-5n (quite logical though). It is > not easy to predict. > However, I have no complait about it, it is a great > camera and a powerful learning tool. Optional switch > to center-weighted for A/AF lenses and it would be > perfect. (I though even in covering the lens > electronic contacts with tape in order to convert an > A > lense in a K one...) > > I hope this helps, > Jaume > (no clues about your previous question) > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi. > > Another doubt. > > How works the 2 zone metering in ZX-M? How is the > > metering pattern? It's > > like a centerweighted but with unpredictable > > autocompensation? > > Thanks to god, almost all my lenses are K and M, > so > > the body will use the > > centerweighted I know how to use perfectly, but I > > want to know how this 2 > > zone works. I have an FA (and a friend have > > several), so I want to know how > > this metering will react (I don't want to > > overcompensate the exposure, etc) > > Thanks in advance. > > > > AG . Get your free @yahoo.ca address at http://mail.yahoo.ca - 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 .
