On 28 Dec 2004 at 19:32, Amita Guha wrote: > I found out the hard way over the weekend that the istD's evaluative > metering doesn't work in the snow. While I was out, I switched to manual and > got > the right settings through trial and error. Thank goodness for the LCD > screen! > > So which is better on the istD in the snow, center weighted or spot > metering? Or should I just learn to eyeball it?
I use my in-camera histogram to determine the required exposure compensation off-set to render the brightest areas of the scene without clipping regardless of the metering mode. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
