what happened to Exposure?

[brad]

Originally Posted by 90 5.0

I always laugh when people talk about not being a professional because of what exposure mode you choose to use. Who gives a turkey if you shoot in A,P.Ap,SP,M as long as YOU can get the CORRECT EXPOSURE who gives a hoot. The elitists that preach only shooting manual and raw 100% of the time make me rofl constantly.

I wasn't saying that.. I was saying that P will not get that shot right. Ever. Knowing your equipment and how to make a proper exposure is paramount.

Me, personally, I will switch freely between Av and M modes on my camera, depending on the situation.. and the only reason I can go to Av mode and get consistent results is because I know why the camera is making those choices.

Now, on my wife's P&S (which does have Av and M modes, I made sure of that), I will often put it in P mode.. because often when I'm using that camera, I'm making snapshots where its just not important other than to get a halfway decent shot of someone or something... so it does have its place.

And I think maybe P for Professional is probably too harsh... maybe it should be P for Prayer.. you Pray that it comes out halfway decent.

[90 5.0]

Originally Posted by brad

I wasn't saying that.. I was saying that P will not get that shot right. Ever. Knowing your equipment and how to make a proper exposure is paramount.

Me, personally, I will switch freely between Av and M modes on my camera, depending on the situation.. and the only reason I can go to Av mode and get consistent results is because I know why the camera is making those choices.

Now, on my wife's P&S (which does have Av and M modes, I made sure of that), I will often put it in P mode.. because often when I'm using that camera, I'm making snapshots where its just not important other than to get a halfway decent shot of someone or something... so it does have its place.

And I think maybe P for Professional is probably too harsh... maybe it should be P for Prayer.. you Pray that it comes out halfway decent.

I use ap(same as av) and M exclusively because that's what I like to use. P is a programmable mode and since i don't use it I can't talk to it to any extent, but I assume you can program it to react to your needs. I would think the metering abilities of the camera would be the same as with av as with p but with a lot of variables thrown in that could be turned off to I assume (like auto iso??)

But my point was HOW some one uses their equipment to make a capture doesn't matter as long as it works for them to get the desired results.

The how doesn't matter it's the end result that does, is the point I was trying to make.

[KdLaneJr]

Originally Posted by srwatters

+1

I am having issues with the P45 back creating underexposed captures at ISO 50 when my Sekonic reads dead on with the camera settings. I posed this question over on a medium format message board and the most common answer was 'fix it in post'. Seriously! My D3 and Sekonic are dead on perfect, yet my $25k digital back isn't? To be more specific, at ISO 100 & 200, the exposures are very close, maybe a tenth or two one way or the other, but only at ISO 50 is it at least 1/2 stop under. Same metering techniques used, so I don't think it's pilot error...

Anyway, yes. Let's get old school and do it right on the front end and simply enhance in post.

Scott, hopefully this won't come off as rude and condescending, but what's keeping you from using a sekonic L-758DR and calibrating it for your D3 and your P45? The Sekonic L758DR is designed to hold calibration data for three different camera body/lens combinations. Once you have calibrated everything, you should be able to do away with post as far as exposure is concerned.

[zebulus]

On the topic of exposure, has anyone ever used the exposure-mat?

http://expomat.tripod.com/

I just printed up and assembled the large one and the mini one for my wallet! Its the free battery-less light meter, and seems to be pretty dead-on just from looking at it.

Definitely useful for those, like myself, who shoot with cameras that dont meter.

[swanny338]

On all my cameras... my mode selector is gaffer taped to manual, I almost never use anything else.