Late to the "manual exposure" party...

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

''After some inconsistent captures, I set the ISO manually, and then set my exposure manually via the meter in the OVF.''



i must be a little dense because i'm not quite understanding the implications of this thread. are you fellas saying that using the cameras meter manually is somehow more accuate than using the cameras meter automatically? or are you saying you simply enjoy metering manually? or both?

i,m just very unsure how the same meter could be more accurate if set manually than automatically?
thanks
tony

I use a handheld meter (Minolta Flash Meter VI) with my 5D mk II for everything. For most things, an incident light reading is WAY more accurate than the reflected light readings of a TTL meter, and for tricky lighting, I'll use the spotmeter thats built into the Flash Meter VI and come up with an exposure setting based on reading the brightness of different parts of the image.