> > > > One thing that I don't understand is how a handheld light meter would > > work significantly better with digital than taking a photo and > looking > > at the histogram. > > you get an incident light reading rather than a reflected reading, and > you take the reading before you start shooting. You then stick with the > settings that your meter gives you, so you're not spending your time > checking the histogram instead of shooting. >
in addition, the histogram is just an approximation of the jpeg version of your raw file, assuming you shoot raw, so it's not as accurate as a meter reading. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
