Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:31 AM -0400 10/12/09, Kyle Cassidy wrote: >I must say, Richard, that we probably have you beat. Chris is >chimping there a full 24 hours before the shot. We checked out all >the spaces we'd be photographing in the night before, ran tests >(with flash, without flash, proper mix of ambient light), (I jotted >down all my settings) and then went back for a tasty dinner of >Laphroaig. > >It would be interestesting to video tape a bunch of shooters working >and see if the ones who are chimping are spending more, less, or the >same time doing light readings than those watching the needles >in-camera. > >i imagine that some clever camera manufacturer will realize that >they should put a histogram IN the viewfinder so you can chimp the >last shot without bringing the camera down. > >kc > The Panasonic G1 has that. The electronic viewfinder has downsides, but upsides as well. -- * Henning J. Wulff /|\ Wulff Photography & Design /###\ mailto:henningw at archiphoto.com |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com