In those type cases the histogram would be ignored of course, What I am talking about is good exposures AS SEEN USING IMAGE REVIEW after you take the test photos. Not the histrograms exclusively. In any case, any histogram always has to be evaluated based on the particular photo itself. There is no one universal "correct" histogram for all photos. In summmary, I still say that at those really low light levels, the best/most accurate way to get the correct or desired exposures is to actually evaluate them by taking test shots and using the image review, not by using an external meter. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cory Papenfuss Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 8:33 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: RE: Metering Takumar lenses On Tue, 20 Mar 2007, J. C. O'Connell wrote: > If you are out of the meter's range, you can still > use the camera, just shoot manually at apertures > you want to use and adjust the shutter speed until > you get a good histogram/review image on the LCD. > At really low light levels its going to be the only way > to ensure accurate exposures. > jco > ... except when taking mostly dark images with a small fraction of very white ones (think moon or stars). If the histogram would have the option of being logarithmic, it would be a useful tool for this type of photo as well. -Cory -- ************************************************************************ * * Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D., PPSEL-IA * * Electrical Engineering * * Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University * ************************************************************************ * -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
