M11 Dynamic Range Specification

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Thanks, Joni. How often do you need exposure compensation with multi-field metering?

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2 hours ago, jonoslack said:

Hi There

you put exposure compensation on the thumbwheel (where it should be). If you use the EVF you can see the exposure (and thus judge the exposure compensation) . If you are just using the rangefinder then it has to be practice! 

But although I don’t use centre weighted that much I do certainly use spot metering a great deal - multi field does really well, and in an image with equal amounts of light and dark it really does a good job (whereas centre weighted may not) 

Just sharing a different approach in case anyone finds it useful. 

I never use exposure compensation on a digital camera. I go about it as I do with my film cameras, if there’s a high contrast scene, let’s say a backlit object / person, and I want to get the details of the object / person’s face, I point the camera to the middle bottom of where that object / person is standing and lock the exposure by half pressing the shutter (so the meter would probably read 1/60 as an example). If I want to get a silhouette, I point the camera to the sky and lock exposure (so the meter would probably read 1/1000).

If I know I want to retain both shadows and highlights, then I shoot in the middle (in this case, 1/250)…and that’s it. I believe Leica film cameras / M9 etc offer center weighted metering as the default, and that actually has allowed me to do the above with accuracy because I know what the camera is measuring when I point at something.  

Edited January 20, 2022 by shirubadanieru