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Has anyone metered a repeatable composition to see if the metering calibration has changed after the firmware update on each camera?
 
While it occured to me to test before I updated, I did not do it.

I fugured, if it works it will show. I do not think I see any difference...

Matrix still works like center-wieght and center-wight still works like matrix should be working...
packy said:
jimr said:
Has anyone metered a repeatable composition to see if the metering
calibration has changed after the firmware update on each camera?
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Doh!....They thought only occurred to me after I upgraded :-(
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I'll do a before after using the D80 on a tripod in my bedroom. I have florescent lighting and will shoot Aperture priority. Anything else i need to set? Does this need to be JPEG or RAW?
 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/65191346@N00/

the first 2 pics are the before and after. both taken with matrix metering, set WB on a tripod, f/9 Aperture priority.

Note = before the firmware upgrade the D80 set a 6 second exposure, after the upgrade it set a 4 second exposure. the total time to upgrade the firmware between shots was probably less than 2 minutes. the lighting did not change in my room in that time.
 
By golly, it looks like they might have snuck in a MM fix without publicly admitting it needed fixing. I wasn't about to mess with the upgrade just for the updates mentioned by Nikon, but I will definitely upgrade if the MM fix is real. Please people, show me more!
 
Wow, the difference is significant. If all else was equal in your testing, then Nikon definitively change the default tone curve.

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mecc said:
By golly, it looks like they might have snuck in a MM fix without
publicly admitting it needed fixing. I wasn't about to mess with
the upgrade just for the updates mentioned by Nikon, but I will
definitely upgrade if the MM fix is real. Please people, show me
more!
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-I feel the same way. If in fact that is the case with a real MM fix, it will make the D80 really shine more than it already does...

Old enough to know better, Young enough to do it anyway.

 
i had to slightly move the camera bag to get a second memory card out to do the upgrade. the camera does not shift position. could moving the bag change the Matrix Metering's mind to lower the shutter speed to 4" seconds instead of 6"? Who knows. The lighting hasnt changed although there is a window above my bed. but as i stated the time between shots is very short so I cant see the outside light changing enough to make the MM change the exposure. These JPEGS are straight out of the D80. On the before pic the d80 seems to be way overexposing the bed cover, the after pic has deeper colours which resemble the real life cover.

maybe someone else can do some comparisons as well?
 
Hm, the images are quite different indeed - and I also think that the 1.00 one is better.
Would be great to get another test...
M.
 
Rav77 said:
i had to slightly move the camera bag to get a second memory card
out to do the upgrade. the camera does not shift position. could
moving the bag change the Matrix Metering's mind to lower the
shutter speed to 4" seconds instead of 6"? Who knows. The lighting
hasnt changed although there is a window above my bed. but as i
stated the time between shots is very short so I cant see the
outside light changing enough to make the MM change the exposure.
These JPEGS are straight out of the D80. On the before pic the d80
seems to be way overexposing the bed cover, the after pic has
deeper colours which resemble the real life cover.

maybe someone else can do some comparisons as well?
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Because D80 MM heavily depends on what's under the active focus point, if that changed, the exposure could change. In fact, this is precisely why so many say that D80 MM is unpredictable - the scene looks virtually the same yet the results are different... or they are (this time) different because they changed it in the firmware.

One of the reasons I haven't updated yet is; I want to run some before and after tests regarding the amp glow. If time allows, I will also do some metering.
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Someone check out the D40 firmware upgrade to see if it changes the exposure...please. The upgrades are not the same as for the D80.
 
was the centre brackets pointed right at the "NIKON" on the d2 strap.

I would like to see someone elses before and after to make a comparison as well.
 
Not done any proper tests with my D40, but I have taken about 40 continuous burst shots with it post-update, and haven't seen any of the exposure drift that I've sometimes got in the past. I'm not sure that you could draw any firm conclusions from so small a sample, though.
 
Now that is promising. I hope Nikon sneaked in an update for the MM...

Rob
 
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