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Re: [Digital BW] 1Ds Mk III prediction (was new canons)

2005-08-25 by Scott McLoughlin

I wonder if we'll see a new breed of meters geared toward digital
capture?  That would be great, in my book. My Sekonic 358 isn't
all that spot-on when flash metering strobes with the D70. I can
tweak lighting with the camera tethered to a computer, but it's slower
than it "just working."

Paul D. DeRocco wrote:

> Trouble is, it only works _after_ shooting. If you want to know if 
> individual pixels are clipped, you can't deduce that from a 
> conventional exposure meter--you have to look at all the pixels coming 
> off the sensor, which basically means you have to take the picture.
>
> I'd like to see an indicator in the viewfinder that tells if more than 
> a certain small fraction of pixels have clipping in them.
>
>

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