It's really too bad that Minolta died. And it's even worse that Sony
picked up the pieces. The dismantling of the goose with the golden eggs
has already begun.
Chuck Norcutt
On 9/18/2010 12:18 AM, Willie Wonka wrote:
>
> What if you have a camera that shows you in real time what your
> exposure is? I know, I know but believe it or not, it has been done
> before. You look at your big bright screen and see if the highlights
> are clipping, for example. Or might be that the shadows look muddy
> and/or grainy? What about the DOF? Is my main subject exposed
> right, if I over/under expose it, would this create a more powerful
> impact? You can have all this within less than a second just by
> rotating a simple roller on the top of your camera. Oh and I forgot,
> how about spotmetering anywhere on the screen just by moving a
> cursor.
>
>
> Either I am missing the point, or we are just trying to figure out
> how to battle the limitations of old tools, such as most of the
> current DSLRs. I have enjoyed this technology for the past five and
> a half years and the camera I talked about in my previous post has
> it. And it is implemented very well as far as I can see. BTW, I
> tried to learn about the hystogram, but got too impatient with it.
> Thought that it was pretty useless. My philosophy is that any time
> you remove guessing from the equation, you become a better
> photographer. But thats just me, you can keep chimping if you wish.
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