If the exposure is too dependent upon a narrow spot in the middle, your
exposure could be way off depending upon the scene. Your sequential shots at a
race could be similarly thrown off if the spot fell on a dark area as you
panned. Checking the E-1 specs the center weighted is spec'd at 6% versus 2%
for the center spot.
http://www.olympusamerica.com/e1/sys_body_spec.asp
I would recommend experimenting by checking the image after repeatedly shooting
a high contrast scene with the center spot intentionally pointed at different
light extremes using your current exposure settings then try it again with
exposure set to ESP..
-jeff
-------------- Original message from Paul Braun <cygnus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
--------------
> Tonight I tried some quick'n'dirty shots of the exterior of a Frank
> Lloyd Wright house out by me. It was around 6pm, house is in deep shade
> from a number of trees.
>
> I had the wb set for daylight, had it on full program mode, metering set
> for center-weighted. ISO400 (also tried 200) Focused on a spot near the
> middle of the house, in pretty deep shade, took the shot.
>
> Now, i would expect that the sunlight filtering through the trees might
> have been blown out, but the entire shot ended up overexposed, with the
> highlights completely blown out.
>
> I expected the metering to expose for the darker part of the house
> properly, but it didn't.
>
> if the battery were marginal, would that causes this sort of behavior?
>
> Other weird thing I noticed when I was at the race a couple of weekends
> ago. I'd take three sequential shots (this, with my OM 65-200 mounted,
> aperature-priority). The first one would be properly exposed, but quite
> often the second or third shot would be completely overblown.
>
> Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
>
> I do know I'm going to spend some time before I head out to Vegas
> reading the histogram tutorial.
> --
>
> Paul Braun
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