>>4452863
>How's your first few months of photography going?
Being a sardonic fuckwit to people joining the board is sure to drive up engagement and save the board from the sub-100 user gearfaggotry.
It's useful info period. Several anons have thanked clueless because they found it useful and didn't know. Everyone has to learn somewhere.

If you want to be pedantic, ETTR is for shadow SNR with minimal effects on mid-tones and highlights. You're assumed to be making further adjustments, but most beginners are shooting sooc jpeg and not RAW + a workflow. Zone metering has its place even if you're going to be all high and mighty over it.