Metering Choices

[rafe]

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On my M240, classic metering works fine and is something that I have become happy  with. On my Q, using multi metering has taken the joy away. Has anyone had much success with classic metering on the Q? 

[@McLeica]

I have the Q but I don't have the M240. What is 'Classic Metering'?

 

If you mean spot metering on the Q then that is what I use most of the time. I then lock the exposure and compose how I want the shot to look.

[lucerne]

Classic metering is definitely not the equivalent of spot metering.  The metering technology can be be linked either directly to the sensor,  or  - to readings by sensors reflected from the shutter curtain, not the sensor.  Live view introduced a new source of metering.

 

Take a look at Thorsten Overgaard's description and interpretation of digital M metering here .  I expect that experimentation with the Q will reveal the most appropriate equivalent to your M240 choice.

 

good luck.

[beez]

The metering setting on the Q that I've found is most like my digital Ms, is the center-weighted setting. I've been using the 3d matrix (or pattern) metering quite a bit with the Q, and I've been getting good results. I posted this picture in the "Q Images" thread, but it's a good example of results from the 3d matrix metering setting used in a very complex lighting situation. There's light sources from all over the place coming into the lens - the florescent fixtures hanging from the ceiling, the lights from behind the audience shining on the candidate's face, and even a 5k watt spot directly into the lens at the left, and yet the meter figured it out and didn't underexpose the people looking at the candidate, the candidate's face is perfectly exposed, and the bunting over the metal barrier it well exposed, too.