Originally posted by fishy Wouldn't that be a relatively easy fix in firmware?
On my k10D I preset a +0.7 EV correction when on high iso only.. Normally it seems to expose just fine... (but I shoot RAW only)
Too many Canon-centric journalists out there (and Canon's liberal use of fudging iso.
Canon's "fudge" puts "neutral grey at 126ish, the urban legend number of meter calibration
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OK, meter 101 as I have spent a few years trying to understand... Pentax meters "magic number" is 110(And as far as I know most Nikons and other brands besides Canon). That is the "medium grey" number in RGB color space as used in the jpgs.
As you can see from the image the meter averaged the scene to approx 110 (see histogram).
since tones are probably evenly spread out over the "matrix" I doubt that there is a "dubai cloudy sky" LUT to compare it to so it did it's best to hit the 110 average. Maybe even center-weigt or spot metered (which should have produced approx the identical exposure, in other words metering method would not change th exposure much in THIS composition).
The camera did fine, the photographer dorked it.
MINOR correction (approx .1sec in photo editor)
IF you want to nit-pick, the meter may be "off" 1/4 stop... (In the middle of the histogram 40 "points" is roughly a stop). Again the photographer was "off" a full stop, NOT the camera...UNLESS you want it to do ALL the thinking for you