Shooting in manual mode with a M10 capturing images as DNG.

[MikeMyers]

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Hi Jeff,

As you wrote it, and explained, it's only temporary, as you want to get it right in the camera first time.

As I try to apply it to myself, I would soon be in the habit of at least "chipping" for every photo I take, and re-taking if I think I need to.

Yes, in the 70's, I did what yo describe too...     and while I haven't lost that ability completely, I'm not even close to 100% now, but if I was being honest, I was never 100% except when I used a decent light meter, using it properly - and with non-forgiving slide film, I was never 100%.

 

I'd like to use my own past experience, along with guidance from a meter, to be a little more sure I got it right in the camera.  My M10 seems to give me the information I need, and it's up to me to interpret it correctly.  (I've also got my Nikon gear, which seems to make every photo I take technically perfect, but even the Nikon doesn't know what I really want the photo to look like, even if it does produce pretty photographs almost every time....   and my iPhone does this better than my Nikon.  Oh well.  I enjoy using the M10 more than the alternatives, as it feels like it's an extension of what I'm trying to do, not doing things on its own.  (If I told this to my brother, he'd probably think I'm nuts, and who knows, maybe he would be right...)

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