Since I shoot only raw I'm a proponent of "shooting to the right" so I
run the right end of the histogram to the edge (and maybe even slightly
beyond since I can recover it in post).
<http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/expose-right.shtml>
This does not necessarily produce a correct exposure but rather an
exposure that contains the maximal amount of information to allow
production of the correct exposure in post.
I shoot in manual mode and usually start by exposing according to the
meter. I then adjust the exposure to shift the histogram to the far
right if necessary and leave the exposure setting until it appears that
the light has changed significantly (by watching the light and the
histogram).
Chuck Norcutt
Jim Nichols wrote:
> Chuck,
>
> What is your criteria for an acceptable histogram?
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
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> From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 6:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Learning About the E-1
>
>
>> Unless I'm metering individual lights in a studio arrangement or
>> checking fill flash I don't even bother with a meter any more. A couple
>> of test shots and chimping the histogram will get the exposure nailed
>> very quickly.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>> jgettis81@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>> Not quite the answer you are looking for considering it is using flash.
>>> I
>>> am planning on shooting photos at my brothers house on Thanksgiving but I
>>> am going to set up a couple of vivitars on light stands to bounce off the
>>> ceiling in oposite corners to provide light for the photos. I have a
>>> set
>>> of cheap ebay radio slaves to set them off and a light meter to check
>>> exposure. Olympus content I am going to use my E-30 to take the photos
>>> with. John
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Jim Nichols wrote:
>>>>> In anticipation of using my recently acquired E-1 at a Thanksgiving
>>> gathering, where indoor light will be the norm, I decided to experiment
>>> with such a setting to see how it performs. Using items in a bookcase,
>>> with normal room lighting, I set the camera to ISO 800 and tried several
>>> exposure compensation settings, shooting RAW images for processing as
>>> usual
>>> in PSE 6.0. I was impressed. Here is an example: A travel alarm clock
>>> that belonged to my late father-in-law, on a bookcase shelf.
>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Travel+Alarm+Clock.jpg.html
>>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone have suggestions for indoor, no flash, shots with the E-1?
>>>>>
>>>>> Jim Nichols
>>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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