Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jerry I feel that this is spiralling out of control :-). I wasn't suggesting randomly compensating the exposure according to the subject, I was just trying to explain the difference between reflective and incident metering. Steve - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Jerry Lehrer Sent: 17 April 2003 19:53 To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] metereless Steve If you start willy nilly compensating for light or dark subjects, you start to lose control. Read about the Zone System, understand it, and use a spot meter. Jerry Steve Unsworth wrote: > Jerry > > I don't think so. A reflective light meter averages everything to > approx 18% grey doesn't it? :-) > > An incident meter measures the light falling on an object and the > object itself 'controls' how much of that light is reflected back to > the photographer. Black objects reflect, well, not a lot so they > appear dark; white objects reflect more so they appear lighter. > > Of course I could be totally wrong (not for the first _or_ last time > ;-) > > Steve - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html