I have a D. No blinking warning. I do not miss it. However, I know people who always underexpose by 0.3 - 0.5 F-stop - in stead of looking at the LCD. And if you shoot RAW you're even better off, because you may correct exposure later, with minimum quality loss. Still, burned out high lights can occur, especially for landscape photography where there's a lot fo very small and very white parts - like swans on a lake. I guess a histogram is just a warning, if you are way off. That's all. The LC display is really too small anyway, isn't it?
BTW: Woo's got the time to look at the display? I have turned my instant reveiw off, permanently. It's a PITA to have this blinkling light in the corner of my eyes while photographing. Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 25. december 2005 18:42 Til: [email protected] Emne: Survey: How do you use the Histogram/Blinkies? Okay, things are slow, so time for another survey!!! Sorry, this is only for digital users. When I attended the John Shaw weekend and later a George Lepp weekend, I was surprised to learn they both refer to the histogram when they shoot. So I've been keeping the idea for this survey in the hopper until the appropriate time. I usually forget the histogram is even there. But when I stopped to think about, their use of it makes sense. One thing digital has over film is that one can actually check how one's exposure is coming out. I often found exposure difficult when shooting slide film, especially high contrast scenes. It really is one of the big advantage of digital. Of course, some of us may be old farts and haven't really adjusted to the changes from film to digital. But part of being a good crafts person is knowing one tools and using their capabilities. So when the tool changes isn't it wise to change one practices to match the changes in the tool? Isn't it sort of resistant to just stubbornly stay with the same practices regardless? (These are rhetorical questions and not part of the survey. Just me pondering the practical/philosophical implications. If you do want to address them anyway, please do so at the bottom of the survey. :)) -------- So, are you taking full advantage of digital? 1. Do you feel you understand the histogram? 2. Do you ever look at the histogram while you are shooting? When? Under what situations? 3. Do you ever look at the blinkies? When? Under what situations? 4. Do you find one of them (histogram or blinkies) more useful than the other? Do you look at it more? Or do you tend to use both in concert? --------- Well, this survey should be good for the holidays or a rainy, slow day, if nothing else. (If there are enough answers I will tally them. And, yes, I still owe you the results of the exposure survey I did about 9 months ago. I will report both about the same time.) TIA, Marnie aka Doe ;-)
