It makes sense to me if you are a mostly JPEG shooter and just keep RAWs for archiving. It also is less pleasant to look at the preview when using an EVF if its 30% blown. My photo style is often ETTL bc I like to crush shadows in a chiaroscuro kind of way. Also modern cameras look great at higher ISOs, and if you need it to be cleaner bc of large prints, AI powered de-noisers that operate on RAW files are also incredible.
One thing you can do with a raw workflow is use the EV compensation metadata to compensate the render you see. So you can shoot +1ev and then automatically reduce exposure by that much when viewing. This is a decent ETTR workflow and its never been easier to whip up a custom culling/importing tool.
That said, its basically a requirement to get proper signal-to-noise on a Merrill. The LCD-screen is dog-water anyway so its not like you can see anything of value on it other than blurry composition. So for those reasons ETTR is very natural. If you want to be extra careful you can spot meter with EV compensation , but I find the evaluative mode works pretty well enough.
One thing you can do with a raw workflow is use the EV compensation metadata to compensate the render you see. So you can shoot +1ev and then automatically reduce exposure by that much when viewing. This is a decent ETTR workflow and its never been easier to whip up a custom culling/importing tool.
That said, its basically a requirement to get proper signal-to-noise on a Merrill. The LCD-screen is dog-water anyway so its not like you can see anything of value on it other than blurry composition. So for those reasons ETTR is very natural. If you want to be extra careful you can spot meter with EV compensation , but I find the evaluative mode works pretty well enough.