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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 367634" data-attributes="member: 13090">Have to agree with @<a href="http://nikonites.com/member-31330-j-see.html" target="_blank">J-see</a> on this one. I'm completely comfortable shooting in full Manual, but it seems like a pointless exercise most of the time. As the photographer I'm *always* in complete control of my exposure; semi-automatic modes like aperture and shutter-priority allow the camera to &quot;suggest&quot; certain shooting parameters to me, but they don't wrest control away from me.A big part of the problem, if you can even call it that, I think, is people forget the light meter in their camera is designed to expose for 18% grey 100% of the time. Further, while a lot of photographers seem to understand that concept on an intellectual level, they have not grasped the full implication of what that means and how to compensate for it. Learning to &quot;see&quot; in 18% grey is a skill every photographer should strive to master, in my opinion.....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 367634, member: 13090"] Have to agree with @[URL="http://nikonites.com/member-31330-j-see.html"]J-see[/URL] on this one. I'm completely comfortable shooting in full Manual, but it seems like a pointless exercise most of the time. As the photographer I'm *always* in complete control of my exposure; semi-automatic modes like aperture and shutter-priority allow the camera to "suggest" certain shooting parameters to me, but they don't wrest control away from me. A big part of the problem, if you can even call it that, I think, is people forget the light meter in their camera is designed to expose for 18% grey [B][I]100% of the time[/I][/B]. Further, while a lot of photographers seem to understand that concept on an intellectual level, they have not grasped the full implication of what that means and how to compensate for it. Learning to "see" in 18% grey is a skill every photographer should strive to master, in my opinion. [COLOR=#ffffff]....[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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