For many years, I used multi-pattern (multi-zone) metering on digital cameras (Pentax, Samsung, Ricoh), often with negative exposure compensation (usually -0.3, -0.5, -0.7EV). The goal is to preserve highlights, while shadows can be recovered quite easily (and of course I only use raw files).
At first I used the Sony a7c in the same way: the "Multi" metering.
But then I switched to the "Entire Screen Avg." mode, hoping for 0EV compensation. However, in some conditions it was still necessary to use negative exposure compensation to save highlights.
And then I discovered the "Highlight" mode. And this mode is so aggressive in saving highlights, that I started using positive exposure compensation! Usually I choose +0.7EV. And that is enough for almost all typical conditions. I even turned off the "Zebra pattern" setting because it makes manual focusing more difficult and doesn't help much with this configuration.
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