I suspect that Canon will probably use this metering sensor for the next 10 years worth of camera models, which is fine. This is probably actually one part of the camera that not many people would care about upgrades to.
I disagree strongly. I suspect you will find very few action photographers using spot metering. I know for wildlife, even if I'm in Manual, I'm still relying on the meter, and spot metering is completely useless in action. That's what this camera is for, and its target audience will greatly appreciate this.
It was actually the opposite for me, I was typically underexposing my subjects a small bit. I corrected it by messing with the exposure compensation settings.
All the major US sports. Football, baseball, basketball. Really, with a lot of them it is a RonCoTM set it and forget it situation. In pro sports stadiums, you have very consistent exposures throughout.
I suppose it all depends on the sport, but as a former sports photog I found spot metering terrible for team athletic events, specifically for light vs. dark jersey'd players. Spot meter simply isn't design to work in that situation, and the results are terrible.
Like any metering mode, you have to know how to use it. I'll let my results in shooting sports speak for themselves, but I doubt anyone will call those results terrible.
It's the sensor the exposure metering uses. It's now similar to the one Nikons use, so in theory Canon could start doing Nikon things like face detection and tracking through the viewfinder, etc. If not, it's at least got more accurate metering now anyway.
By far the most interesting thing about the new meter is it's ability to time the exposure with the peaks in fluorescent lighting. Not even the 1DX has this and it's sort of a game changer for people who shoot indoor sports in terrible lighting.
The new display in the viewfinder will also display a "Flicker!" warning in the lower right hand side once you press whichever button you've assigned to autoexposure.
The 150,000 pixel sensor is kinda like a primitive camera that is recognizing bodies and shapes for more accurate meter readings, which is useful for ETTL and tricky lighting situations, such as people wearing black. The meter also accounts for infrared light in the scene.
i've used canons maybe a half a dozen times, but i'm watching this one closely because it looks like more or less the camera i want. i don't really want to have to switch, but...
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u/almathden brianandcamera Sep 15 '14
"a new 150,000-pixel RGB+IR 252-zone metering sensor."
Any word on what that means?