Digital BW, The Print

Dennis, If your shooting in a studio, u may want to profile your 
camera. Saves a bunch of effort.
greyscale

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "the_des_bois" 
<thedesbois@...> wrote:
>
> 
> In the studio, under controlled lighting conditions I use the 
digital
> camera as my light meter. I simply shoot a very bright withe sheet 
of
> paper where the subject will be... and bring the peak in the 
histogram
> to the far right... just before it clips. Done.
> 
> Could be done outside I guess also...
> 
> Denis
> 
> 
> > Or, you can use a digital camera to show you the actual light
> > intensity across your entire field of view.  That's the result of
> > taking "a test shot or two."  This way, you see any saturation in
> > bright areas or spots, or in dark areas or spots, even if they 
are so
> > small that they have little effect on the average exposure.
> > 
> > The gray card is a blunt instrument compared to the digital 
camera. 
> > You can consider the digital camera to be a comprehensive light 
meter
> > that also records photographs.
> > 
> > Dick Rawson
> >
>