n5jrn
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It depends. For most daylight conditions, it's fairly simple to use the sunny 16 rule and perhaps a cheat sheet and get a correct exposure (often one better than a meter will give, if your shot has a lot of abnormally light or dark subject matter in it). Twilight or interior shots I find to be much trickier to guess the light level and I typically break out the meter.
That's for a meterless body, of course. For bodies with meters, I typically use the meter unless I know the shot is likely to confuse it.
That's for a meterless body, of course. For bodies with meters, I typically use the meter unless I know the shot is likely to confuse it.