You can "expose to the right" or anywhere you choose by using exposure comp in any metering mode. The metering isn't based on jpeg or RAW. It's based on the light and what's in front of the lens. No meter is smarter than a photographer who understands how meters work.
Perhaps, I'm missing something, butI don't know what you men by choosing 18 percent gray for shooting jpegs. You can use the spot meter and take gray card readings if you want a pure 18 percent gray exposure read. A histogram based on the raw might be nice, but it's not hard to interpret a jpeg histogram in terms of where you'll be with RAW. If you're edge to edge with jpeg, you're pretty much golden with RAW, and if necessary, you can push it beyond that a bit. Paul On Jan 28, 2012, at 8:58 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > Never mind raw on a point and shoot, I want my DSLR to properly support > shooting in raw. I want metering and histograms based on the raw data. I > want to choose metering modes so I can use "expose to the right" for raw, and > if I want to shoot jpeg I can choose 18% grey, or whatever they call it. > > For doing landscape and studio work, I fantasize about a mode that will take > a test shot (or three), examine the raw data and set the exposure for details > in the highlights or the shadows, or the bracketing for an HDR series of > exposures that will cover the full tonal range. I want a TAv mode for the > green button in M, so that I can set the shutter speed and aperture based on > a critical element of the photo, have it set the ISO, and then just leave it > there. > > Everything about using my camera indicates that raw is an afterthought, and > the UI is optimized for people that want a $1,000 point and shoot with > interchangeable lenses. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] (from dos4est) > > -- > 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.
