A6500 metering vs A6000

[Ionlab]

Hi,

having recently switched from the A6000 to the A6500 I find that most of the times the A6500 in the multi metering mode (matrix metering) consistently blows out the highlights, and this is (more?) evident when using face detect (and a face is detected). I mean I have to tune down exposure to -1EV or more in order to get exposure where I want it.

I do not recall this behaviour when I used the A6000 (with face detect on as well), most of the times the camera was spot on (face detect or not).

I now mostly resort to highlight priority but I am puzzled at the strange A6500 metering results.....

 

[ml6]

Hi,

having recently switched from the A6000 to the A6500 I find that most of the times the A6500 in the multi metering mode (matrix metering) consistently blows out the highlights, and this is (more?) evident when using face detect (and a face is detected). I mean I have to tune down exposure to -1EV or more in order to get exposure where I want it.

I do not recall this behaviour when I used the A6000 (with face detect on as well), most of the times the camera was spot on (face detect or not).

I now mostly resort to highlight priority but I am puzzled at the strange A6500 metering results.....

I also find multi metering tends to overexpose. My favorite is average metering. Highlight preserve is to extreme for general use. It is great in special situations like night shots in cities with lots of lights/billboards. I haven't tried it yet but there is a setting in the menus where you can adjust metering for the different metering modes. Maybe that would help.

 

[Ionlab]

Thanks for the tip....will take a look and see if there is some compensation adjustment.

The thing is ..... and Imhave to test this out more thoroughly I believe that when a face was detected then exposure was "bumped" in order for (the face) to be properly exposed regardless of the other areas being blown out. OTOH I could be mistaken on this.

 

[val1]

Is it using the af point?

 

[Ionlab]

Is it using the af point?

I do not know what you mean by af point and its relevance with the metering. The camera is in AF-C and multi metering mode (the first one).