> > 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/ >
Shooting digitally (more accurately, shooting raw) changes the way you meter. Whenever you use a reflected meter you have to deal with the fact that not all scenes are 18% reflective. One of the benefits of an incident meter is that you don't have to worry about that. All you have to worry about is metering the same light that's falling on your subject. However, because of the 'expose to the right' principle that applies when you shoot raw, the incident reading may not always give you the best settings for obtaining maximum detail in the raw fail. I find that using an incident meter tends to leave one or 2 stops of additional exposure available. So it is still worthwhile checking the histogram and adjusting if you have the time. This is not the same as chimping. Bob -- 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.
