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Manual Focus w/M50

Started 7 months ago | Questions thread
tvcat Forum Member • Posts: 51
Re: M50 Mark II: No

J Peters wrote:

Not only that, but mine (M5) meters exposure differently when it's in the magnified view. I've never drilled into this issue (though I might now), but I guess what it's doing is metering for the magnified portion of the image. That of course may compromise shadows or highlights in the image as a whole, depending on the variation of brightness across the whole subject.

So my method is

  1. Press magnify icon
  2. Focus
  3. Press magnify icon again to turn the feature back off
  4. Take the picture
  5. Repeat

Yes it's a pain. But TBH I don't use manual focus a great deal.

Only happen when I'm using spot metering mode. Other metering modes have the same exposure.

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