Stop worrying so much about what goes into making the exposure. Do this instead:


1) Use an educated guess when setting the exposure values--aperture, shutter speed, and ISO.


2) Take the picture. Chimp. Does the picture look the way you want? If not, repeat step #1, taking into account your ovservations.


3) Take more pictures.


At the end of the day, we can complain about the way our cameras work, or we can shoot to the best of our abilities using the tools we have access to. I think sometimes we spend too much time analyzing the limitations of our gear without fully realizing the endless potential we have to create beautiful and interesting images with that very same gear.


:-)