Whayne, I guess you can relate because you also photograph distinctive targets which are often a smaller fraction of the whole metering area.
Truly, when photographing something like a snow white egret in flight against some sort of arboreal backdrop, not only that the histogram ranks in utility with the direct print button, it can also be destructive to the image if paid serious or any attention to.
The way I understand this is that histogram is a global representation of luminance values accross the entire metering area of the camera. However, all we want to do is expose our chosen discrete target properly as priority #1, and then deal with the background and the rest of the frame as priority #2.
That reminds me a bit of something I read on one of the Canon photography fora recently: \" The new 500mm f/4 IS MkII is expected to be sharper than the MkI in the periphery of its image circle.\" There you go, that improvement in corner IQ might appeal to landscape photographers out there, however, I do not think that improvement will be one of the top ten reasons wildlife photographers will be upgrading their 500s to the MkII.
Incidentally, how many landscape photographers do we know of who use their 500s routinely ?
Nov 10, 2011 at 06:05 PM
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