Jeffry Abt Posted December 6, 2014 Share #1 Posted December 6, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Multi-field metering vs center weighted metering methods ....which do you prefer? I understand the concepts but when I experiment between the two, there is seldom actually any difference in the shutter speed that the camera picks out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bocaburger Posted December 6, 2014 Share #2 Posted December 6, 2014 Having owned many SLRs and DSLRs with multi-field and centerweighted meters I found that they tend to give the same reading in a lot of instances. But that's not an indictment of multi-field metering, it's simply due to the fact that a large percentage of shots are such that won't fool a center weighted meter. In fact a large portion of the wouldn't fool a full-field averaging meter either. It's only in very tricky situations where evaluative/matrix metering will outpeform the others. At it will at best equal a spotmeter (in the hands of a knowledgable user) but might be quicker. That said I only use the classic metering in my M240, as I have no desire to double-team the shutter for every shot. I just don't need it. I did fine for many years with narrow-latitude slide film using the meters in M6/7/P cameras, in fact with the MR4 meter on an M4 also. WIth the ability to tweak exposure from the M240 being a lot easier than after-the-fact correction of slides, I just see no reason to bother with the other metering modes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted December 6, 2014 Share #3 Posted December 6, 2014 Related discussion in this thread. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted December 6, 2014 Share #4 Posted December 6, 2014 Multifield needs live view which implies slowness on the M240 so it is a no no for me. On more modern bodies, i find it useful with AF lenses as i don't need to lock AE and AF separately. I still prefer manual focus when i can choose it though so i end up using center weighted metering in most cases with all my bodies. FWIW. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyalf Posted December 6, 2014 Share #5 Posted December 6, 2014 Multifield needs live view which implies slowness on the M240 so it is a no no for me. On more modern bodies, i find it useful with AF lenses as i don't need to lock AE and AF separately. I still prefer manual focus when i can choose it though so i end up using center weighted metering in most cases with all my bodies. FWIW. +1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwardkaraa Posted December 6, 2014 Share #6 Posted December 6, 2014 One more vote for classic metering. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlaing Posted December 6, 2014 Share #7 Posted December 6, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) +1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomB_tx Posted December 6, 2014 Share #8 Posted December 6, 2014 Having owned many SLRs and DSLRs with multi-field and centerweighted meters I found that they tend to give the same reading in a lot of instances. But that's not an indictment of multi-field metering, it's simply due to the fact that a large percentage of shots are such that won't fool a center weighted meter. In fact a large portion of the wouldn't fool a full-field averaging meter either. It's only in very tricky situations where evaluative/matrix metering will outpeform the others. At it will at best equal a spotmeter (in the hands of a knowledgable user) but might be quicker. That said I only use the classic metering in my M240, as I have no desire to double-team the shutter for every shot. I just don't need it. I did fine for many years with narrow-latitude slide film using the meters in M6/7/P cameras, in fact with the MR4 meter on an M4 also. WIth the ability to tweak exposure from the M240 being a lot easier than after-the-fact correction of slides, I just see no reason to bother with the other metering modes. I agree - as long as you understand the metering pattern you can do well with any of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted December 7, 2014 Share #9 Posted December 7, 2014 I prefer Classic centre-weighted because metering and recomposing allows me the freedom to meter off what I want. Spot metering is more precise but requires the LCD or EVF so I rarely use it because it slows me down. Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_w Posted December 15, 2014 Share #10 Posted December 15, 2014 +1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlaing Posted December 15, 2014 Share #11 Posted December 15, 2014 Classic here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cirke Posted December 15, 2014 Share #12 Posted December 15, 2014 I use only spot (not spot enough) metering , the best mode for me if you want to play with ETTR ? I nearly never use other modes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Livingston Posted December 16, 2014 Share #13 Posted December 16, 2014 Classic centre weighted... for precisely the same reasons as Farnz... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted December 16, 2014 Share #14 Posted December 16, 2014 Normally classic, spot metering with wideangles and multi field with long lenses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffry Abt Posted December 16, 2014 Author Share #15 Posted December 16, 2014 Normally classic, spot metering with wideangles and multi field with long lenses. Very interesting! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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