Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]David, I read somewhere a long time ago that Edward Weston, after getting a new exposure meter, tried it once...decided it was totally wrong!...and never used it again. Consider his working methods at the time; 8x10 film that by todays ISO standards would probably be in the ISO 6-8 range; considering his use of pyro too! I don't believe that Brett Weston EVER used one...he preferred to "feel" the light! Besides, with his vast experience I don't think a meter would be necessary or useful. I vaguely remember reading somewhere that Brett thought that the best light meter was between your ears! Learn what various qualities/quantities/etc. of light look like and expose accordingly...not so easy for those of us who don't shoot thousands of frames per year. Personally, I use spot, incident, and the M6 meter when I don't think I'll need the other two. But, after many years of using the spot meter I'm still training myself to understand what the M6 meter is telling me and, more importantly, what adjustments are needed to obtain what I want. As an old photo buddy of mine has said many times...photography is an unforgiving task master! Best regards, Alan Net-Tamer V 1.11.2X - Registered