yes, in P, Tv and Av. Exposure compensation is manual only in manual mode. -Adam
J. C. O'Connell wrote: > Can you just dial in aay, ½ a stop exposure compensation > And shoot like that all the time in all the exposure modes? > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Godfrey DiGiorgi > Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 12:48 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: matrix metering > > On Oct 22, 2006, at 12:55 PM, Adam Maas wrote: > >> Just to be pedantic, I'll note the FA had AMP (Automatic multi- >> pattern) >> metering, matrix metering was introduced on the F801/N8008 (The >> hardware >> was identical though). > > Sure, I'll give you that. ;-) > >> To this day, I find the FA has one of the best meters Nikon's ever >> produced. In testing, I found it to outperform the later 6 segment >> units >> that Nikon used in the late 90's and early 2000's in the low and >> mid-range bodies. It also performed as well as the 8 segment unit >> in the >> F90/F90x. > > I wanted an FA at one point but was satisfied with the FE2 and FM2, > F3. Some folks told me there were a few quality problems with the > FAs, but that didn't make the metering system an issue. Never did get > on with the later low-, mid-range Nikon film bodies. > >> The 16 segment unit in the *ist's and k1x0D seem to be similarly >> accurate, and lack the Nikon 5-segment units one failing, the >> occasional >> issue with portrait orientation. > > As I say, the only really issue I've found using the DS body for > these past 25,000 exposures is that it tends to underexpose by > 0.3-0.7 EV when shooting RAW mode. I think this is because it doesn't > recalibrate exposure for RAW format, like the Sony R1 does. A small > issue for me. > > Godfrey > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
