Normally there is a setting that lets you switch between multisegment, CW and spot metering. (Spot is when the reading is taken only in a small circle in the center of the image).
Unfortunately, the MZ-M (ZX-M in the US) does not have it, and this is one of the reasos for my upgrade to the MZ-5n (ZX-5n), a more advanced camera with AF, built-in flash and 3 metering options (the multi-segment also has more different segments into account). The interface of the camera is the same "classic type" as the MZ-M though, so you feel at home when handling one. My advice is to get a MZ-5n instead of another MZ-M. In these days, they shouldn't be that much difference in price between them. Jaume ----- Mensaje original ---- De: Glen Tortorella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Para: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> Enviado: miércoles, 5 de septiembre, 2007 15:30:47 Asunto: Re: Metering Question Thank you Godfrey, et. al... Godfrey: when you say that good modern cameras allow for both CW and multi-segment, do you mean this in terms of a setting (a switch) made on the camera body? I ask because my ZX-M goes into CW mode when using an older lens (i.e. an M-series lens). Is this what you had meant, or were you referring to a body setting? I have not noted a body setting on my ZX-M for CW metering. I just love the ZX-M-- especially with the added weight of the battery pack--and I would not want to have to part with it (in fact, I am thinking of getting another ZX-M body)...unless it were inhibiting my skill development in some way. Advice is welcome. Thanks again, Glen On Sep 4, 2007, at 11:39 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > Glen Tortorella wrote: >> Is multi-segment metering always better than center-weighted >> metering? My ZX-M has TTL multi (2)-segment metering, while my Super >> Program has open aperture, TTL center-weighted metering. From what I >> know about the matter, multi-segment is more precise, but I thought I >> would inquire about this, as I am not an expert. > > Multi-segment metering generally is evaluative: camera makes light > readings of several areas and compares a "signature" of the > distribution of metered values to some reference signatures, develops > an exposure setting based on that comparison. > > Center-weighted metering is simpler: it is integrating the brightness > across the whole screen but biasing the center-most area as being > most important, without regards to individual area measurements. > > There are times and reasons for the use of both metering options. If > you want to use exposure automation to it's fullest capabilities in a > hands-off manner, multi-segment metering generally does a better job > since it is looking for scene signatures and trying to do a best fit, > one way or another. However, exactly what it's doing is sometimes not > easy to predict. If, on the other hand, you want to meter manually > and stay in complete control of the exposure setting, CW Averaging is > simple enough that you can generally understand precisely what the > meter is doing and make your own judgments as to where to place the > exposure. > > This is why any good modern camera worth using that allows manual > settings has both .... > > Godfrey > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sé un Mejor Amante del Cine ¿Quieres saber cómo? ¡Deja que otras personas te ayuden! http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/reto/entretenimiento.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
