I shoot AV almost all the time with my *istD. When shooting with handheld long glass, I usually switch to TV in order to makes sure I have enough shutter speed. I meter with the camera and check the histogram after a shot or two. I use matrix metering for the most part. In difficult situations I switch to spot. In the studio with my flash units, I shoot manual. Sometimes I take a flash meter reading. More often I use the remote computer control and look at the image and histogram on the computer screen, then adjust as necessary.
I shoot digital exclusively these days, although I may dabble in film from time to time. When shooting film in my 6x7 I almost always metered with a handheld incident meter and set exposure manuall. With my LX, I frequently shot aperture priority autoexposure mode and relied on the camera meter. I would use exposure comp as I though necessary. With my Leica IIIF, I frequently meter with my noggin. In difficult situations, I may take one reading with my little VC averaging meter. > Okay, people like surveys and I've never done one. > > At the recent John Shaw Photography weekend I went to I was surprised to > learn he now shoots all the time with aperture priority -- since he switched > to > digital. He uses a histogram to double-check metering. Evidentially a lot of > pros shooting digital now shoot aperture priority. > > This felt good to know since I have changed from doing manual exposure to Av > (or Tv) since I switched to digital. Some, of course, did Av or Tv before > switching, or have always done one or the other. > > So here's the survey, and to make it more accurate, sorry, there has to be > two questions. Actually, three, with one optional. > > I know one answer surveys are best, but I think a lot of us would be > interested in the answers. No joking, snappy, answers, please. Serious > survey. > ;-) > > 1. How do you do exposure most of the time? Av or Tv or manual (doing it > yourself)? > > 2. Do you shoot digital or film? > > Optional -- > > 3. If you shoot digital, have you changed how you do exposure since switching > from film? >
