RE: [Leica] Incident light: A Question & More

["Jonathan Borden" <jborden@mediaone.net>]

That should read "The dome of the incident meter transmits as much light as
is reflected off an 18% Gray card and hence ..."

Jonathan Borden
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> Art,
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> The dome on an incident meter transmits 18% of the light that hits it and
> hence it reads the same as a spotmeter reading of an 18% gray card. The
> advantage is one of convenience (not having to carry and hold up a card),
> but there is no technical advantage.
>
> Jonathan Borden
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> >
> >
> > 2 questions regarding light/light meters.....
> >
> > 1) thinking about getting an incident meter and maybe
> > a spot meter. I played with a Sekonic 508 at a camera
> > store last weekend. It is digital, incident, and spot
> > (1-5 deg.). Any comments on this meter from people
> > using it or lusting after it :)
> > Don't recall seeing it mentioned on the light meter
> > thread a couple of weeks ago. I currently use an
> > inexpensive match needle Sekonic L-188 Auto Leader.
> > Since B&H will get a liitle over $400 of my
> > hard-earned cash, I'd like to make this light meter
> > decision just once.
> >
> > 2) regarding incident readings - Is it true, even with
> > incident readings, that you still have to open up with
> > lighter objcts and close down with darker objects? So
> > the advantage then is simply more accurate readings?
> > I guess I don't see how this is any better than a spot
> > meter reading the important part of a scene, and then
> > you adjusting open/close based upon whether metered
> > part of scene is ligter or darker than 18% gray.
> >
> > Now, with reflectinve meter, I either try to meter
> > something close to 18% gray (like a gravel driveway)
> > OR I meter the scene and guess-timate up or down based
> > on lightness/darkness of the most important element of
> > the scene.
> >
> > Am I confused (that's another question) and how will
> > my technique differ with an incident meter?
> >
> > thanks, as usual.
> > .....Art (NJ)
> >
> >
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