Since getting a K-3 I've been giving the multisegment meter another chance. I didn't like the K-5 multisegment meter, I found it too unpredictable and just used centerweighted and exposure compensation instead.
The K-3 meter is better than the K-5 one, no doubt about that. It chooses brighter exposures that push further to the right of the histogram and it's clever about dark backgrounds and uneven lighting.
But then this happened the other day that left me scratching my head.
The following two crappy snapshots are taken within three seconds of each other, on shutter priority and auto ISO. I used the viewfinder, not live view.
Metering was multisegment, exposure compensation was 0 for both shots.
The framing, light and everything are essentially identical, yet the latter shot is 2 stops brighter than the first!
1/125, f/2.8, ISO 160
1/125, f/2.8, ISO 640
What is going on here? Did the multisegment metering see the face in shot 2 and decided to expose for it? Does the K-3 do that, like the Nikon D800?
If this behaviour is commonplace (I've seen it twice now), I think I'm going back to centerweighted.
Regards,
--Anders.
Last edited by asp1880; 09-02-2014 at 01:28 PM.
Reason: clarified viewfinder use.