On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Bob Walkden wrote: > Cartier-Bresson apparently has a near-perfect ability to judge the > correct exposure without a meter at all. I believe some people on this > list claim to be able to do that. I can do it for certain _very_ simple > situations based around sunny-16 (well, it's not a matter of judgement > but of experience).
I've found that after using the Pentax Spotmeter V for a while, I've gotten pretty good at guessing the EV of a scene. I haven't bothered to come up with a quick way to translate that into speed/f-stop numbers in my head yet, but I'll get around to it eventually. For now it's pretty cool to be able to look at a subject and calculate its EV, usually within 1/3 of an EV. chris
