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HI folks.

How accurate is the light meter in the D2.

Have any of you used a grey card other than indoors.

 

I have never had any problems nor needed any grey cards. Occasionally, with back lit objects, I choose spot, but I don't even bother shooting raw to be able to recover some stops. Also because the out of camera jpegs are so good :D

 

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HI folks.

How accurate is the light meter in the D2.

Have any of you used a grey card other than indoors.

 

As far as I am concerned it is accurate, I come to that conclusion not from measurement but from the quality of the images and the lack of post processing that I have to do. Never used a grey card in 35 years of photography.

 

Nigel

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HI folks.

How accurate is the light meter in the D2.

Have any of you used a grey card other than indoors.

 

Sc,

 

Short answer: The metering is very good.

 

Better answer: It's a reflective meter. Reflective meters require user interaction (thinking). If you really want to get the most out of the Digilux 2 and its metering, get yourself an inexpensive hand held meter that allows you to measure reflective light and incident light.

 

In case you aren't aware of the difference, reflective measures the light bouncing OFF your subject back to your sensor/film. Incident measures the light that is falling ON your subject. So, incident is purely measuring light - whereas reflective is measuring the light as it reflects. This will measurement will be inconsistent depending on the color and color value of the object you are shooting and the direction of the light.

 

With a hand held meter you can measure both ways and train your "mental muscles" to hone in on the difference. In time, you'll get to recognize the shortcomings of your camera's reflective meter and (here's the beauty of the Digilux 2 analog controls) just click that aperture ring up or down a notch and have much better control over your exposures.

 

Shoot with a hand held meter in incident mode and look at your Digilux 2 photos... if you think they're great now, you'll be blown away by the accuracy of an incident reading. And the beauty of the meter? It teaches. Ultimately, you'll have a grasp on what the light is doing and it all will become second nature. You'll use the camera's meter merely as a guide and you'll take control.

 

IMO. :)

 

JT

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