Re: [OM] OM-4Ti

[Winsor Crosby]

> The matrix meter may not be as mysterious as it
> appears. Put the camera in spot mode, evaluate the
> scene and decide on an exposure you think is appropriate.
> Now put it back in matrix and compare the exposures.
> Repeat for a variety of lighting conditions and you
> will get a good feel for matrix metering.
>
> On a photo.net forum I read that a lot of photographers
> who are  experienced with matrix/evaluative metering, DO
> dial in exposure compensation in that mode.
> -Tim
Well, I suppose that since the goal of matrix metering is to 
eliminate manual compensation it has failed.
My reading of matrix explanations are that the frame might be divided 
into maybe a dozen or more areas of sensitivity and that the final 
exposure is determined by a complex computer algorithm which looks at 
the value of each area in relationship to all the others.  There is 
no way you can know what is going on in that situation unless it 
doesn't really work. Of course there are always people who delude 
themselves themselves that they have control when they don't, such as 
the people who improved the sound of their CDs a few years ago with 
green Magic Markers.
--
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California


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