Does the T have a tendency to overexpose?

[Learner]

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Just wondering ...

 

Does the T have a tendency to overexpose?

 

What I see in the Visoflex or on the display in live-view appears darker than the resulting shot.

[FeralCoton]

It seems to over expose about one half stop, though I haven't noticed if that is still true with the latest firmware.

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[flyboy]

Yeah, a little. I mostly use -1/3 correction. But I know people , who like the exposure as it is. It seems to be a matter of personal taste.

BRDGS

Christof

[Don Morley]

Mine has always over exposed and so I have set it up to a permanent minus 2/3 stop setting which certainly on my camera then equates to very slight under exposure which I preffer as it is better then my risking having any highlight areas blowing out, which would not be recoverable, whereas any resulting underexposed shadow areas are. Hope this helps? Best to all. Don Morley     

[Guest]

Thanks Dan I would agree and have started to experiment with underexposing by 1 stop or so.

[Learner]

There is mention of T-overerexposure in this review... Search "blowout":

 

http://www.sansmirror.com/cameras/a-note-about-camera-reviews/leica-t-mirrorless-camera.html

Edited November 16, 2015 by Learner

[Belle123]

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Mine has behaved in everything except the brightest conditions outside. Since I shoot manually,  I figured I was favoring the EVF image too much for exposure.  Not sure.  But after reading the article, it might be a characteristic of the sensor.  In any case, never hurts to underexpose a bit and correct later. 

[tom0511]

I also use -1/3 - -1 exp comp nearly all the time. Most of the time -2/3

I think dynamic range is one area where we can see a slight disadvantage of dx sensor vs full frame.

[hteasley]

You can brighten the EVF.

[Guest VVJ]

It most certainly does, in most cases -0.6 works best for me...

[bencoyote]

I also tend to agree that it is a bit of a matter of taste. However like most people, to preserve the highlights and because of my sensibilities I tend to shoot between -1/3 to -1

 

One thing that I don't think other people have pointed out is how much this is relative to the metering mode. The camera likely designed to meter to about 18% grey. The area of the sensor over which it calculates that 18% is determined by the metering mode. They have multi mode, center weighted, and spot. I personally find the center weighted works better for me than the default multi mode.

 

A larger theoretical question are those metering modes sufficient or are they just a legacy of the pre-CMOS sensor era? 

Given the true nature of ISO as it is implemented in sensors and the unrecoverable nature of highlights maybe a new metering mode which protects the highlights. I haven't played extensively with the scene modes (does anybody?) but I wouldn't be surprised with modes like Landscape and Sunset have entirely different metering modes.

[tom0511]

It most certainly does, in most cases -0.6 works best for me...

how you dial in -0,6?

[Guest VVJ]

how you dial in -0,6?

 

Sorry for the confusion, I didn't mean in camera, I was referring to the post processing.

[edliu97]

Any difference between the use of T lensed or M lenses ?

[edliu97]

Whether this kind of exposure is related to the use of T lenses or M lenses ?

[FeralCoton]

I find out with both T and M lenses