It doesn't overexpose, as long as you know what situations cause the matrix metering to do that. Anything darker than middle-grey in the centre of the frame will cause it to expose for the shadows. The meter is fine for most situations, and when it does happen you have two other very good metering modes available...
what is wrong with your camera?
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400D
Stupid inbuilt AF assist (firing like a strobe to annoy me and others)
Viewfinder is just far FAR too small. It is like looking through a pinhole camera
Apart from that I love the camera
Stupid inbuilt AF assist (firing like a strobe to annoy me and others)
Viewfinder is just far FAR too small. It is like looking through a pinhole camera
Apart from that I love the camera
Three if you include "applying a common-sense compensation to matrix metering" as its own mode.
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D40X
Lacks AF/MF switch on body.
Needs more FN buttons
If you set the camera to remote shutter, it defaults to single shot after a set amount of time. You should be able to set it to remote shutter and have it stay like that for as long as you want.
No support for proper battery grips. The ones you can get are less than good.
No automatic sensor cleaning (You should see the state of mine now.
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The AF reticule point is too big. It would (And this applies to all cameras) be better to have the centre point as a crosshair.
Its not a D300
Lacks AF/MF switch on body.
Needs more FN buttons
If you set the camera to remote shutter, it defaults to single shot after a set amount of time. You should be able to set it to remote shutter and have it stay like that for as long as you want.
No support for proper battery grips. The ones you can get are less than good.
No automatic sensor cleaning (You should see the state of mine now.
)The AF reticule point is too big. It would (And this applies to all cameras) be better to have the centre point as a crosshair.
Its not a D300
On my D80 i have -0.7 dialed into the exp. seems to sort out things nicely.
Didnt notice it till i was using the 30mm f/1.4.
Opened some NEF's in NX and thought, they dont look right. dialed in -0.7 and et voila. nice looking images.
I find it very had to believe that it consistently in every situation overexposes by two thirds of a stop (especially since it's the same meter as mine, heh). You can't fool it to underexpose?
just read about it on so many forums, that dialing in -0.7 sorts out the metering, even the great Ken "i dont need a tripod cos i shoot digital" rockwell mentions it.
Tis another reason why i only shoot raw.
Like i said, didnt see it much with the 18-70 lens, but after using the sigma 30mm its more noticeable.
Big thread about the D80 and matrix metering problems on nikonians.
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Canon 400D
I am not very good at using it.
I am not very good at using it.
350D
Oh my good god there's no spot metering.
Not weatherproofed.
Focus isn't always accurate.
No cunning infra-red laser eyeball tracking autofocus point selector magic. Probably because there are only 7 AF points.
*edit* It's not a 1 series. I want a 1D.
Oh my good god there's no spot metering.
Not weatherproofed.
Focus isn't always accurate.
No cunning infra-red laser eyeball tracking autofocus point selector magic. Probably because there are only 7 AF points.
*edit* It's not a 1 series. I want a 1D.
Canon 30D.
- unresponsive Shutter Button (happens randomly)
- no grid view
- not rugged and weatherproof
- difficult to look through the viewfinder with glasses
- body feels small in hand
FSTOP11, what exactly happend to your 30D?
- unresponsive Shutter Button (happens randomly)
- no grid view
- not rugged and weatherproof
- difficult to look through the viewfinder with glasses
- body feels small in hand
FSTOP11, what exactly happend to your 30D?
you can turn that off in c.fn-5
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Fuji S6500fd
Having to set the timer each time I want to use it. A pain if you're using the timer function repeatedly (as I do when taking ebay product shots!)
Other than that, it's a cracking camera and I highly recommend it to anyone who is looking to take the step up from a compact, but perhaps don't want to get a DSLR (or can't afford one!)
Having to set the timer each time I want to use it. A pain if you're using the timer function repeatedly (as I do when taking ebay product shots!)
Other than that, it's a cracking camera and I highly recommend it to anyone who is looking to take the step up from a compact, but perhaps don't want to get a DSLR (or can't afford one!)
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30D
- back-button focusing should be default (C.Fns help this but I'm lazy ^^)
- shutter button unresponsive sometimes (i'm learning to jam it down harder ^^)
- 1.6 crop (i know, canon wants everyone to spend thousands on 1 series)
- no dust removing mechanism (read: spend more money on better bodies)
- viewfinder not good enough (info and view wise)
- useless Print button should be programmable
- no live view (not significant though)
ps: you guys expect weather sealing on entry level bodies? even if they are, that's still not waterproof (never, without an armor) anyway.
- back-button focusing should be default (C.Fns help this but I'm lazy ^^)
- shutter button unresponsive sometimes (i'm learning to jam it down harder ^^)
- 1.6 crop (i know, canon wants everyone to spend thousands on 1 series)
- no dust removing mechanism (read: spend more money on better bodies)
- viewfinder not good enough (info and view wise)
- useless Print button should be programmable
- no live view (not significant though)
ps: you guys expect weather sealing on entry level bodies? even if they are, that's still not waterproof (never, without an armor) anyway.
want to swap for a 400D?