I got burnt when I was prawning yesterday. But who cares? IT’S SUMMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That shouldn’t work out though – you *should* use the palm and adjust by 1 stop for the correct EV. Don’t tell me Canon have altered the rules of photography AGAIN?

Anyways, I can’t read histograms. I don’t understand them.

I had a shot with an exposure that I checked and rechecked about 5 times – a CWGC wargrave in France. On the screen, it was whited out totally. Even zoomed right in I could make out nothing. On the PC it was spot on. Other times, when it’s too dark, it’s spot on. And yet others, when it looks ok, it is – though the next time those are way out. ****ing things. I have grey cards on order again (lost my last one in Normandy) which I used to use only with my 6×9 and tranny film.

Now check this out – this is the camera set at 125/5.6, 550ex on ETTL, and it looks great on the screen, and great on my PC. (It tasted even greater, washed down with a chilled Sauvignon! haha). So why the hell can’t I rely on it at other times? And outside is the worst. At Legends, taking the meter reading the same way I have for years, (off the runway / grass, depending on which was the closest in tone to an 18% grey) and setting manually, everything was massively washed out – but i start drastically underexposing and bingo! And I was shooting transparencies previously, so it isn’t down to print film / paper latitude.

That’s it. I’m gonna run it against my other meters and find out what the hell is going on.

And while I think of it Damien, can you let me know which parameters YOU prefer, so that I can set them later this month (!)

Who cares? It’s a bus. A fast bus, yes, but just a bus. way to many civvy buses anyway.

That looks about the priciest I found. Can’t recall prices, but I went up to Old Warden on the DH Moth charity day (and didn’t get a flight due to weather). That was £55.