Metering
I found the X1’s general-purpose, 256-area multi-field metering system effective in a range of conditions, but some of my sunny landscape images are about 1⁄3EV too bright. Generally, though, it isn’t overly distracted by very bright or very dark objects within the scene and suggests sensible exposure settings in most situations. The only time I felt the need to activate the centreweighted or spot metering options was when shooting a bright scene framed in the window and surround of a very dark building.
As usual, I kept an eye on the histogram view during this test and occasionally reduced the exposure by 1⁄3EV or 2⁄3EV to retain the highlights.
