YOU read this once : I was talking about AVOIDING the need for exposure compensation so you wouldnt need to do that , i.e. the meters/exposures would match exactly without any exposure compensation on one or the other, just a one time tweek in a customs setting or menu or something similar to allow adjustment of the metering sensitivity.
Regarding self-containment. Film cameras are self contained too, they dont need a specific film to get the correct exposure, they have ISO standards for exposure and you CAN adjust the meter sensitivity on a lot of SLRS so they meet an exposure standard that has nothing to do with the film, only the film speed is needed. And you can match them WITHOUT any exposure compensation needed on one or the other. jco -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William Robb Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 3:16 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Need Advice: value of an *istD outfit ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. C. O'Connell" Subject: RE: Need Advice: value of an *istD outfit > huh? the original poster already stated > that his two pentax DSLRs were not > matched with respect to meter sensistivity. > What does "self containment" ( whatever > you mean that to be ) have to do with > metering sensitivity? Or are you trying > to say that are all perfectly matched > to each other intially and forever? > What if you dont Like or want the > metering sensitivity the camera gives > you ?( like the other poster didn't, he > had to use exp. compensation to get what > he wanted) I'll explain this once, and hope you can get your head around it. Self contained means that they aren't dependant on an outside source to do what they are supposed to do.. As an example, a film camera requires film to do it's job, therefor it is not self contained. To match two DSLR cameras, you need to get the outputs (histograms) to match. This is easily done with exposure compensation. William Robb > > This sort of user calibration would seem to be pretty unnecessary too, > since DSLR cameras are self contained. Calibrating one to the other > would merely involve getting the histograms consistent. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
