!summon handbags! (It does do flash btw)
Cheers for the replies - methinks I'll keep using the camera metering atm. My main concern was for landscape and to avoid blown-out skies etc. I think the best bet is for me to meter for the foregound and then the sky and choose an exposure twixt the both.
e.g.
http://www.pbase.com/milou/image/46331304 - I had a lot of trouble with this type of photo.