Which Metering Method do You Use? (Page 3): Wrong about what? I didn't say all mirrorless cameras have live highlight clipping warnings. Many of them like your A7 do and I said I'm...

Ysarex Loc: St. Louis

selmslie wrote:

I get the warnings before taking the image with my A7 II and my iPhone. I don’t get them on my Z7 or X100T.

I guess you are wrong about that. But I won’t harangue you about it for several pages. That would be childish.

Wrong about what? I didn't say all mirrorless cameras have live highlight clipping warnings. Many of them like your A7 do and I said I'm shooting with a mirrorless camera by way of explaining how I'm working. Childish is making stuff up while you're throwing a tantrum.

User ID

selmslie wrote:

I get the warnings before taking the image with my A7 II and my iPhone. I don’t get them on my Z7 or X100T.

I guess you are wrong about that. But I won’t harangue you about it for several pages. That would be childish.

If you disagreed with his methods why did you edit down his statement to a smaller statement that happens to be 100% perfectly word for word correct.

Just read the clip you quoted. There’s absolutely zero way for *anyone* to disagree with that.

It’s like someone writes “the sky is not blue most days where I live” but you cut it to quote “the sky is not blue” and then disagree with him.

Regardless of what know, or think you know, discussions with you are always inevitably doomed. (And yes I did read your web pages.)

Ysarex Loc: St. Louis

User ID wrote:

If you disagreed with his methods why did you edit down his statement to smaller statement that happens to be 100% perfectly correct.

It’s like someone writes “the sky is not blue most days where I live” but you cut it to quote “the sky is not blue” and then disagree with him.

Regardless of what know, or think you know, discussions with you are always inevitably doomed. (And yes I did read your web pages.)

He's just throwing a tantrum because he tried in a different thread to claim I was wrong and he shot himself in the foot: https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-711661-1.html

Now he's taking aim at the other foot.

wingate2417 Loc: Quincy, Ca.

I use raw and manual exposure. Always

selmslie Loc: Fernandina Beach, FL, USA

User ID wrote:

If you disagreed with his methods why did you edit down his statement to a smaller statement that happens to be 100% perfectly word for word correct. ...

His statement was too vague. It implied that if you had a mirrorless camera you would get clipping warnings before you tripped the shutter. He didn't say "some mirrorless cameras".

Ysarex makes a habit of seizing on such a statement and berating the poster for pages about it. He is obsessed.

Mustang1

I posed the question in a general manner.

lowkick Loc: Connecticut

ImageCreator wrote:

For the most part, I leave my camera set at Evaluative Metering. But, I wonder, is there a better way?
Does anyone regularly use either center weight or spot metering. For the most part Evaluative gives me consistent results. What say you?

Then there's the other can of worms of going totally manual. . but we'll save that for another time.

I think I might go out and do Center weight or spot for a whole Shoot and see what happens.

Any thoughts.

Evaluative metering is where I stay 98% of the time. If I encounter a difficult lighting situation I will change the metering to the needs of the moment.

rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA

ImageCreator wrote:

I think I might go out and do Center weight or spot for a whole Shoot and see what happens.

Nothing wrong with experimenting, but I think it would be better for you to research what each metering method actually does, rather than do a whole shoot of each and "see what happens".

Picture Taker Loc: Michigan Thumb

It depends on what you are shooting and the conditions.

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

quixdraw wrote:

I vary metering based on subject and conditions, sometimes shooting a challenging photo with several settings. I have used Spot a great deal down the years with considerable success, but you will need to experiment with where you need to place the spot to get desired results. Worth the effort, IMO.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

ImageCreator wrote:

For the most part, I leave my camera set at Evaluative Metering. But, I wonder, is there a better way?
Does anyone regularly use either center weight or spot metering. For the most part Evaluative gives me consistent results. What say you?

Then there's the other can of worms of going totally manual. . but we'll save that for another time.

I think I might go out and do Center weight or spot for a whole Shoot and see what happens.

Any thoughts.

Default spot but depends upon situation and other things.

kymarto Loc: Portland OR and Milan Italy

ImageCreator wrote:

For the most part, I leave my camera set at Evaluative Metering. But, I wonder, is there a better way?
Does anyone regularly use either center weight or spot metering. For the most part Evaluative gives me consistent results. What say you?

Then there's the other can of worms of going totally manual. . but we'll save that for another time.

I think I might go out and do Center weight or spot for a whole Shoot and see what happens.

Any thoughts.

I am very happy to have highlight metering, and use it exclusively.

home brewer Loc: Fort Wayne, Indiana

On both the d500 and the d850 I change the metering method as required but not as often as I should. When I first got the D500 I shot the same view of multiple and similar objects located in the sun and shade; the results showed a difference in color and dynamic range

selmslie Loc: Fernandina Beach, FL, USA

kymarto wrote:

I am very happy to have highlight metering, and use it exclusively.

It's exactly the same as matrix metering until some bright highlight starts to blow out and it then becomes auto ETTR. We just nee to be aware of where it happens.