Basically no amount of metering can change the inherent contrast in a scene. You will not succeed. Whether a good sensor with good dynamic range can deal with this later at the post-processing stage, I do not know. But I do know that every system has its inherent limits. Exceed that, and it will fail.
The way to deal with such a situation is
1 Avoid such a scene as mentioned by roti_prata. You will save yourself a lot of trouble.
2 Put you camera on a tripod and take the same scene using different amount of exposure, and then merge the images together in PS.
3 Reduce the contrast in the scene at the taking stage, either by reducing the bright areas ( such as using a graduated neutral density filter) or increasing the brightness of the dark areas (such as using a flash - JediForce4ever & Jeffhiew).
4 Be creative and use blown out areas as artistic expressions. I will post a picture in the portrait section to illustrate this, next week.
The way to deal with such a situation is
1 Avoid such a scene as mentioned by roti_prata. You will save yourself a lot of trouble.
2 Put you camera on a tripod and take the same scene using different amount of exposure, and then merge the images together in PS.
3 Reduce the contrast in the scene at the taking stage, either by reducing the bright areas ( such as using a graduated neutral density filter) or increasing the brightness of the dark areas (such as using a flash - JediForce4ever & Jeffhiew).
4 Be creative and use blown out areas as artistic expressions. I will post a picture in the portrait section to illustrate this, next week.