john_g
(Pooh-bah Hoo-ha)
12/07/2008 19:27
Re: Poll - who's in control?

I choose when to get the camera out. I choose what's in the frame and what's not. I choose the point of focus and the depth of field. I choose either the aperture or the shutter speed. The camera chooses the exposure. It generally gets it right but, if not, I dial in some exposure compensation. I think that makes it 6-1 to me being in charge.

With film I generally shot in manual mode but, with digital, the aim is no longer correct exposure, it's optimum exposure, so I think it makes sense to let the camera have its say about this - after all, with multi-segment metering, it's usually pretty good at picking out the highlights and putting them on the right-hand side of the histogram.



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