P3D Re: Anti-meter sentiment in photo-3d?

["Dr. George A. Themelis" <DrT-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'll be brief. :-)

>How many ruined shots before the meter's cost is justified?

Probably less than those ruined after the meter is used.
    
>how many of the truly stunning photographs you have seen that are 
>taken under these circumstances (daylight photography outdoors).

About zero coming from a beginner's first rolls with or without 
a meter.

>I know lots of people who are math-impaired, and would rather avoid 
>the hobby entirely if you told them they'd have to be able to multiply, 
>divide and  remember the aperture progression in their heads in order 
>to take photographs.

The "sunny day rule" does not require any math.  Knowing the 
aperture progression is always useful when using a totally
manual camera like a Realist or a Revere.  Most problably, 
the good use of a light meter requires more knowledge, skills
and photographic intelligence than memorizing of a few rules of 
thumb.  

>handheld meters are NOT hard to use at all,
>and their proper use requires less thought than sunny16 does. 

You've never used the sunny day rule, have you? :-)

George Themelis


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