Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don't think so, you're measuring the light that's falling onto an object, not the light reflected from it. A black object will appear black because it absorbs more of the light that's falling onto it than a white object. Steve - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Andrew Moore Sent: 17 April 2003 14:45 To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] metereless > A hand held meter is simple to use, quick and fool proof. Almost, anyway -- I suppose black still absorbs and white still reflects more like, so even with an incident reading you still need to take that into account, right? - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html