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David J. Littleboy wrote: "Alan Browne" wrote: For those who use an incident meter or seperate spot meters (including myself), such information is useful. Not really. You have to calibrate your meter against the histograms that result in your camera. And I suspect that the results are simply random, since presumably they used matrix/evaluative metering which is, in principle, completely random and unpredictable (assuming it does what they say it doesg). What does the sensitivity of a sensor have to do with the built-in lightmeter of a camera? -- That was it. Done. The faulty Monk was turned out into the desert where it could believe what it liked, including the idea that it had been hard done by. It was allowed to keep its horse, since horses were so cheap to make. -- Douglas Adams in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency |
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In article ,
David J. Littleboy wrote: "Alan Browne" wrote: For those who use an incident meter or seperate spot meters (including myself), such information is useful. Not really. You have to calibrate your meter against the histograms that result in your camera. And I suspect that the results are simply random, since presumably they used matrix/evaluative metering which is, in principle, completely random and unpredictable (assuming it does what they say it doesg). What does the sensitivity of a sensor have to do with the built-in lightmeter of a camera? -- That was it. Done. The faulty Monk was turned out into the desert where it could believe what it liked, including the idea that it had been hard done by. It was allowed to keep its horse, since horses were so cheap to make. -- Douglas Adams in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency |
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Alan Browne wrote:
[] er, this is an equipment group. This *is* one of the things we discuss here. "This" is cross-posted, so it's not even one group..... David |
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Alan Browne wrote:
[] er, this is an equipment group. This *is* one of the things we discuss here. "This" is cross-posted, so it's not even one group..... David |
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On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 15:20:24 +0100, (Philip
Homburg) wrote: In article , David J. Littleboy wrote: "Alan Browne" wrote: For those who use an incident meter or seperate spot meters (including myself), such information is useful. Not really. You have to calibrate your meter against the histograms that result in your camera. And I suspect that the results are simply random, since presumably they used matrix/evaluative metering which is, in principle, completely random and unpredictable (assuming it does what they say it doesg). What does the sensitivity of a sensor have to do with the built-in lightmeter of a camera? Are you talking histograms here? One assumes the manufacturer is completely aware of the exact sensitivity of the sensor, and so takes this into account when drawing the histogram. So, compare external meter reading's suggestion of exposure values for a given ISO to the resulting histogram at those same exposure values to see if an adjustment to the meter's ISO setting is required to make it 'accurate' for that sensor. Personally, I wouldn't trust my interpretation of the histogram to not introduce yet another error factor using this method. -- Owamanga! http://www.pbase.com/owamanga |
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Alan Browne wrote in news:d213jh$iuf$2
@inews.gazeta.pl: er, this is an equipment group. This *is* one of the things we discuss here. Alan - I just tried to be nice to Pete. Personally I fully agree with you. I just acknowledged that not everyone do. And that is OK IMHO. /Roland |
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Alan Browne wrote in news:d213jh$iuf$2
@inews.gazeta.pl: er, this is an equipment group. This *is* one of the things we discuss here. Alan - I just tried to be nice to Pete. Personally I fully agree with you. I just acknowledged that not everyone do. And that is OK IMHO. /Roland |
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David J Taylor wrote:
Alan Browne wrote: [] er, this is an equipment group. This *is* one of the things we discuss here. "This" is cross-posted, so it's not even one group..... Both groups are equipment related. I apologize for my use of the singular above and trust that the flogging, while justly deserved, will be administered mercifully. -- -- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: there's no such thing as a FreeLunch. |
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David J Taylor wrote:
Alan Browne wrote: [] er, this is an equipment group. This *is* one of the things we discuss here. "This" is cross-posted, so it's not even one group..... Both groups are equipment related. I apologize for my use of the singular above and trust that the flogging, while justly deserved, will be administered mercifully. -- -- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: there's no such thing as a FreeLunch. |
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