OK, help me out here. If the reviewable results are not representative of the actual captured image - showing a JPEG image and a JPEG histogram when shooting RAW - how does the instant review help the photographer. Until such time as it was clearly explained to me how the review and histogram worked, I could not get decent exposures with the istDS. As a participant in this group, it was relatively easy for me to get the information - and even then it took a while, so my learning curve was slowed, and my frustration index was a lot higher than it needed to be. However, most photographers don't participate in groups such as this one. How does the photographer who doesn't have access to this information improve his or her photography by relying on what may be considered misinformation without someone explaining the situation, or without reading it somewhere. I've ~never~ seen this mentioned in any review that I can recall reading, and it doesn't appear to be in the camera manual either.
Shel "You meet the nicest people with a Pentax" > [Original Message] > From: Glen > For instance, modern digital SLRs COULD make a person lazy and overly > reliant on automated features. However, the very short cycle of taking a > picture and then instantly reviewing the results (as opposed to waiting for > prints to come back from the lab) could greatly accelerate the growth of a > person's photographic skills, quite possibly pushing them to a higher level > of competency than they would have otherwise achieved. Digital also > encourages you to shoot more. This can be a good thing if the photographer > is shooting intelligently. All those extra exposures are a lot of extra > practice, and can really hone a person's craft. (That is, if they are > intelligently involved in the whole process and really want to learn.)
