On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, tom wrote: > > I really don't see the point of matrix metering with all > > these segments. All it does, from what i know, is to pick > > you one overall EV value that the average other photo shooters > > use for a scence that averages to similar lighting distribution. > > Is this why one enjoys photography in the first place? > > 1 - I think the algorithms are more complex than that. > 2 - I don't do photography because I like to spend time metering.
Per 2. I believe deciding what to meter for is a big part of photography's creativity. Ansel Adams describes photography to be three parts: Camera (How equipments work), Negative (How and what to meter in a scence), Print (Darkroom stuff.) If one if doesn't do "Negative", nor "Print", does it not make one an equipment collector (doing "Camera" only)? I guess I'm leaving out two things though: composition and capturing the moment. Perhaps you concentrate on these more. Cheers, Tonghang.
