Light metering M10

[Albert Andersen]

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Just a question for exif data in Lightroom.
Whether the light measurement method is set to Center weighted or Multifield on the camera, the measurement method is always specified as Center weighted average in LR.
Is it normal or is it a camera error?

[fatihayoglu]

28 minutes ago, Albert Andersen said:

Just a question for exif data in Lightroom.
Whether the light measurement method is set to Center weighted or Multifield on the camera, the measurement method is always specified as Center weighted average in LR.
Is it normal or is it a camera error?

When you take a picture with OVF it is always centre weighted no matter what settings say. If you take with EVF, you have those options so, could you please try to take a photo with EVF and then check?

[Albert Andersen]

I do not have an EVF, but I have tested with Live view, and correct you have all 3 options.

Just read the manual, and when using the rangfinder it is always center weighted. Only  Live view or EVF give possibilities to choose 

Thank you for your reply

[fatihayoglu]

29 minutes ago, Albert Andersen said:

I do not have an EVF, but I have tested with Live view, and correct you have all 3 options.

Just read the manual, and when using the rangfinder it is always center weighted. Only  Live view or EVF give possibilities to choose 

Thank you for your reply

No problem. As technically it is not possible to have other metering options, OVF uses only centre weighted metering, the reflected light from the grey shutter blade. All the other metering methods require the actual sensor as the light is read off the sensor directly.

[jdlaing]

10 minutes ago, fatihayoglu said:

No problem. As technically it is not possible to have other metering options, OVF uses only centre weighted metering, the reflected light from the grey shutter blade. All the other metering methods require the actual sensor as the light is read off the sensor directly.

On my M 240-P I can choose multi field metering without using the EVF or LCD screen views. I use the OVF. When I press the shutter release the shutter opens to take the reading and then captures the image. It has a bit of a lag but works well. 
 

Does the M 10 not work the same way?

[Good To Be Retired]

7 hours ago, jdlaing said:

On my M 240-P I can choose multi field metering without using the EVF or LCD screen views. I use the OVF. When I press the shutter release the shutter opens to take the reading and then captures the image. It has a bit of a lag but works well. 
 

 

We'll, how about that.  I just tried this as an experiment and I agree.

[fatihayoglu]

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As far as I know, M10 doesn’t have this feature. To use other metering methods, you need to activate LV or EVF. Then you can take photos and the problem with that is, M10 keeps the sensor open always, which drains battery really fast, heats up and have a lag as it doesn’t have electronic shutter

[nuc001]

29 minutes ago, fatihayoglu said:

As far as I know, M10 doesn’t have this feature. To use other metering methods, you need to activate LV or EVF. Then you can take photos and the problem with that is, M10 keeps the sensor open always, which drains battery really fast, heats up and have a lag as it doesn’t have electronic shutter

Yes, from reading the manual and taking some test shots, I think this is the correct behavior. Changing between centre-weighted metering and multi-field metering had no effect on the picture taken through the evf. I kept all the settings constant apart from the metering method and the photos were exactly the same.