And what if the light is not flat? How about if you want to =interpret= the scene? What if you're not shooting digital, or using matrix metering (assuming that matrix metering is the panacea you think it is?)
Shel > From: "David Zaninovic" > Subject: Re: Understanding exposure? Recommendations? > > > > That's right, if you shoot raw and you captured all the info who cares > > about the exposure, you can change exposure during raw > > converting process and the result will be identical as if you compensated > > the exposure correctly at the time of shooting. The > > important thing to take care of is not to have blown highlights or shadow > > go to pure black and matrix metering in flat light will > > take care of that in most of the cases. I still would compensate for > > black or white door but for the sake of discussion I don't > > think it would make so much difference as you think.
