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Why do you think that shooting in manual mode negates the need for spot metering?Oh dear ... that sort of "spot meter"
Generally light levels don't vary that much so manual gives me consistency shot to shot.
like I said above:Why do you think that shooting in manual mode negates the need for spot metering?
so once I have an exposure on a location I don't see the need to change it a lot. So I find that using manual exposure works well for me. YMMVGenerally light levels don't vary that much so manual gives me consistency shot to shot.
I understand not having to change your exposure when situation is constant, but I still don't see how that makes spot metering useless.Hi
like I said above: so once I have an exposure on a location I don't see the need to change it a lot. So I find that using manual exposure works well for me. YMMV
You're right, shooting digitally hasn't changed the fact that you need to interpret a spot reading based on the tone you read. If I'm going to be spot-metering skin tones, for example, I usually compensate them by about +2/3 of a stop.I've found that camera "spot" metering is very prone to the old metering problem of subject failure.
I'm with you there again (in fact, I recently wrote this on the same topic.) Once I've determined my base exposure via a spot meter reading, I'll usually either lock it by toggling the AEL, or set the same reading in manual exposure mode so it will stay put. The G1's in-finder histogram is a handy backup because it gives you an ongoing idea of how many light or dark values your locked-in exposure is going to throw away.In the image that Ranger9 put forward I'd probably be working on Manual with defined settings and checking things were close to what I wanted...Generally light levels don't vary that much so manual gives me consistency shot to shot.
please identify where I have said that spot metering is useless.I understand not having to change your exposure when situation is constant, but I still don't see how that makes spot metering useless.
nicely written ... and I do like that shot.I'm with you there again (in fact, I recently wrote this on the same topic.)