Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I meant to imply, unsuccessfully, that the selenium cell meter (when used as a reflective meter) will give exposure values of differently coloured objects that, if followed and evaluated properly, will result in tones that are close to how we perceive colour. The film's ability to record those colours is, of course, a significant factor in the end result but is not much of a factor in meter choice. Many meters show a marked colour sensitivity, resulting in reading variations of a stop or more between similarly toned but differently coloured objects. Cheers John Collier I hope that clears it up :-) , and, sorry if it does not :-(. > From: Martin Howard <howard.390@osu.edu> > > John Collier jotted down the following: > >> They have the advantage of having a colour sensitivity quite >> similar to our own vision > > Isn't that pretty useless? I would have thought that you wanted a meter to > have a colour sensitivity similar to that of FILM, not humans... >