Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A fellow over on the pnet Lighting forum commented that with his DSLR (don't recall the model), he had to adjust down about 2/3 of a stop when using his flash meter in incident mode. In these circumstances, I've shot tethered to a PC, and just adjusted via a few test shots, but the Sekonic's 358's flash meter reading also definitely recommends more exposure than my D70 seems to want. Sometime, I'll have to figure out an official compensation to start with. Scott Daniel Ridings wrote: >On 2/8/06, Tim Atherton <tim@kairosphoto.com> wrote: > > > >>Bear in mind that the on camera histogram may be a little misleading - it >>is >>usually the histogram as applied to a to a JPEG which has had the camera's >>default conversions applied to it (including a fairly steep S curve) >> >>So what you see there has already dumped a lot of the information that >>would >>be in the RAW file - including highlight detail >> >> > >Didn't realize that. I should have thought of it, but I hadn't. That >would explain some surprizes I've had. > >I have also noticed that the cameras ISO is a little different than a >lightmeter's ISO. I use a lightmeter quite often with a digital >camera. I have it with me anyway on account of the M's and using it >comes naturally. In general I have to make adjustments to the results >from a hand-held meter but when I compare them with the camera's >suggestion, my adjustment is more or less what the internal metering >arrived at anyway. The exception is shooting down at ice-rinks, >particularly when polar bears are part of the act. > >Daniel > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Pics @ http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps Leica M6TTL, Bessa R, Nikon FM3a, Nikon D70, Rollei AFM35 (Jihad Sigint NSA FBI Patriot Act)