Jaume Lahuerta wrote: > 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 thesedays, they > shouldn't be that much difference in price between them. > Right, I didn't notice that somebody has answered the question about meter mode selection before I'd responded to it (elsewhere on this thread.)
But I agree. You should seriously consider getting an MZ-5n/ZX-5n, or possibly an MZ-3, which is essentially the same camera with a different shutter (shorter min exposure, and faster flash-sync), but probably a lot harder to find. And then, please tell everyone here who keep saying that Pentax has "spend a decade or two making ho-hum cameras" just how great it is, so I won't have to repeat myself all the time ;-) - Toralf > 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
