I'm going to have to agree with Shel here. With my D50 (which is notoriously 'hot' for exposures) I've almost never had to worry about blown highlights, in fact I often add up to a stop of exposure to get the best possible histogram for editing purposes when doing macro, and I've rarely had blown highlights doing that. When I had the D, I typically dialed in _more_ exposure if the scene allowed it, dialing back only when bright highlights made that an issue.
Digital is typically faster than film. I can cull & edit 100 shots in less time than it takes me to scan 24 film exposures. It's certainly cheaper (After capital costs). -Adam Shel Belinkoff wrote: >For starters, > >http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/expose-right.shtml > >As a general rule, the photogs I know with whom I've discussed the problem, >all expose in a similar manner. There are, of course, times when that's >not appropriate, just as underexposing " 0.3-0.5 F-stop ALL THE TIME" is >not appropriate. If that's really what you do, then I'd have to agree with >Aaron's assessment that you don't know how to expose properly. Exposing >plus or minus "all the time" as a matter of course means that there will be >plenty of times you'll not be getting the ideal exposure. > >Shel > > > > > >>[Original Message] >>From: Jens Bladt >> >> > > > >>Give me a brake, Cotty, I've been photograping for 40-45 years - >> >> >digitally > > >>for the last three.. I do know how to meter. I also know several digital >>photographers who, just like me, underexposes 0.3-0.5 F-stop ALL THE TIME >>in order to avoid burned out highlights. >> >> > > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
