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Toss your meters, fools!
"joe mama" wrote in message ... "Daryl Bryant" wrote in message LOL - how about spot metering!! How about if I use a set of studio strobes or say I want no shadows or double shadows or the list goes on and on...!! good god, you people don't even READ the damn post before spewing forth. Once again..."any photographer that shoots more than one roll of film a month (natural light, not flash), or thirty digital "images" and still requires a meter to gauge exposure values is not only a hack, but lazy." Why in the world would anyone want to guess when they have an absolutely objective source - i.e., a light meter? Like John Henry vs. the steam hammer isn't it? Just a little human hubris... Funny, I guess all those pros that I work with are hacks, or are they just lazy? No. To put bread on the table they need to Get The Shot. That is the name of the game. Get The Shot. Anything that helps us to get the shot is appreciated. Those guys would shake their heads in disbelief about your little rant. You obvioulsy don't shoot for a living. Now I've been using S16 since the early 60s, and it has its place. It especially had its place when meters were uncoupled, awkward and slow. But with modern TTL, matrix metering anyone would have to be a fool not to use metering. I recently moved to digital (Nikon D200) and I am simply amazed at the accuracy of the metering: it is spot-on 95% of the time. From sunny snow scenes to 15 second night shots, the thing works superbly. This kind of luddite rant reminds me of debate about autofocus in the 70s. Ridiculous, they said, a gimmick, an insult to serious photography. Have a good look at the difference between sports photography now and then. The difference, in one word, is autofocus. It works. It beats manual focusing by a country mile, in terms of speed. No it is not perfect - no tool is - but it is extremely effective in a majority of situations. So too with metering, only more so. The human visual apparatus is amazingly accomodating. We can see quite well in a wide variety of lighting situations. It is therefore entirely undependable for use as a measuring tool. A meter is dumb and blind - no accomodation there. It simply, accurately, reports what it "sees". Hook that up to a good algorithm which controls the exposure of the camera and it simply cannot be beat in the overwhelming majority of situations. Toby |
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