MLKstudios wrote: CWA == Center Weighted Averaging metering mode. It makes the scene a "middle gray" (it's based on 18% reflectance), and is something you can learn and be able to compensate for later.
Matrix (or Evaluative) is doing compensation for you. We just have no idea by how much. It could add a third of a stop to one shot and 2/3rds to the next.
But, we do know it keeps getting better at math.
Matthew
PS I ask my students to use CWA metering, as it is something that can be learned. It's an OLD photographic standard.
Ok, call me a pinhead but you lost me here.FYI anyone who tries to explain exposure while ignoring metering modes is another crumb gatherer. Not a master of photography. How we "pros" read (or interpret) the info given to us by the meter is completely based on the chosen metering mode. We first need to know what the meter is based on.
That is what I used, how would center-weighted have improved it??Or you can use the Green setting (with Matrix style metering) and let the camera decide for you.
I see.That was a BP slam. He doesn't cover metering modes BEFORE talking about metering. His teaching method has NO foundation.
I have read many writings on metering/exposure, my Dad's books, online etc. Asked many questions, but I still don't 'get' it.CWA is a photographic standard (based on 18% reflectance). It can be learned and later adjusted from when used as a basis for exposure readings. Matrix metering also has no foundation, and there is no way to "guess" by how much you need to adjust from a Matrix style indication.
Does that make sense?
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