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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / DSLR Cameras / November 2004light meter question (still about the Olympus C-2100uz)
Ok, just on the off chance that I can be any more confused about the Olympus c-2100uz, I have one more question. Should I invest in a light meter? I have been looking at several but the cost leaves me breathless ... thanks. > Ok, just on the off chance that I can be any more confused about the > Olympus c-2100uz, I have one more question. Should I invest in a light > meter? I have been looking at several but the cost leaves me breathless > ... thanks. As noted, this probably should go on rec.photo.digital.zlr. For most users, generally not (after all the camera has a reflective light meter already). If you were getting into studio lighting then a flash meter is definately recomended, and there are perhaps times when an incident meter is called for.  SignatureMichael Meissner email: mrmnews@the-meissners.org http://www.the-meissners.org > Ok, just on the off chance that I can be any more confused about the > Olympus c-2100uz, I have one more question. Should I invest in a light > meter? I have been looking at several but the cost leaves me > breathless ... thanks. Why would you want to do that if you can reply the image and check the exposure by the histogram? David > > Ok, just on the off chance that I can be any more confused about the > > Olympus c-2100uz, I have one more question. Should I invest in a light [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Why would you want to do that if you can reply the image and check the > exposure by the histogram? So you can get a good feel for incident light on various parts of your subject? So you can set up and balance flash sensibly? B >>> Ok, just on the off chance that I can be any more confused about the >>> Olympus c-2100uz, I have one more question. Should I invest in a [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > So you can get a good feel for incident light on various parts of your > subject? So you can set up and balance flash sensibly? OK, I can see that. I would still have thought it preferable to judge by the effect on the final image, though. David > >>> Ok, just on the off chance that I can be any more confused about the > >>> Olympus c-2100uz, I have one more question. Should I invest in a [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > OK, I can see that. I would still have thought it preferable to judge by > the effect on the final image, though. Well, I suppose you can try and judge it from a sub-2-inch LCD which varies in contrast as you tilt it, but I don't like that much of a challenge. I also feel that being able to see what effect _quantified_ things haveon an image is far preferable to just fiddling about until it looks right. Particularly if you ever want to do it again. But I was out and about last night with a D70 and a sekonic meter, so it is entirely possible that I'm an a non-standard digital camera user. B > > Ok, just on the off chance that I can be any more confused about the > > Olympus c-2100uz, I have one more question. Should I invest in a light [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Why would you want to do that if you can reply the image and check the > exposure by the histogram? The C-2100UZ was made before it was common to display histograms in the camera, so you need to upload the picture to a computer to display the histogram. SignatureMichael Meissner email: mrmnews@the-meissners.org http://www.the-meissners.org |
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