I personally really hate that process. Shoot, chimp, shoot, chimp. I like to just be able to shoot and know that the photo was exposed the way I wanted it.
That's one of the myriad reasons I was so anxious to switch back to Pentax, in my experience with the cameras in the past the meters were extremely reliable. And I'm finding that's still true today, even with my older Program Plus. Even in tricky situations it -- for the most part -- chooses the exposure I would've chosen. I love it. So maybe I really don't need a separate light meter after all? That nasty old gear-headedness poking its head up again. ;) ~Nick David Wright http://pedalingprose.wordpress.com/ ----- Original Message ---- > From: Larry Colen <[email protected]> > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 7:17:03 PM > Subject: Re: light meters > > On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 03:30:57PM -0800, Nick David Wright wrote: > # > # I think that I'd like to purchase a hand-held meter sometime in the near > future. But I'm not really sure which one I'd like to go with. Just looking > to > meter ambient light. I'd like something small and simple. What do you all > recommend? > > I recommend waiting until you get your K10. In the length of time that > it takes to use a hand held light meter, you can fire a test shot, > look at the histogram and make corrections accordingly. > > # > # Also I believe in the past I've seen some that do not require batteries, > does > such a thing exist? > > I think I had one about 30 years ago. Even the ones that need > batteries don't tend to use them very fast. I expect that the most > sensitive ones need batteries for the amplification circuits. > > # > # Thanks. > # > # ~Nick David Wright > # http://pedalingprose.wordpress.com/ > # > # > # > # > # > # > # -- > # PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > # [email protected] > # http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > # to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow > the directions. > > -- > Photographs are like sentences, the best ones have both subjects and verbs. > Larry Colen [email protected] http://www.red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
