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Subject: Re: [Leica] Incident vs. Reflective Metering
From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 14:48:15 -0700
References: <02da01c305be$9bf51080$0316fea9@ccasony01>

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Nactwey was famous for this reflective / incident metering technique.
First he'd take a reflective reading from where the Americans were shooting.
Making sure to compensate for light desert sand or dark canons.
Then he'd run quick as a bunny to where the enemy was shooting, lately
the Iraqis.
There he'd aim his incident meter back at where he was on the American side.
Then he'd run back to the American side and take the picture.
Two problems
Lack of spontaneity:
the decisive moment becomes the vacillating half an afternoon.
Light leaks because of the many bullet holes in the camera.
photographer always out of breath or dead.
Makes for difficult hand holding technique. The first not the last.


Mark Rabiner
Portland, Oregon USA
http://www.rabinergroup.com
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