Re: [Leica] M6 Light Meter

["Bud Cook" <budcook@ibm.net>]

Years ago when I used a visoflex, I used to meter my hand as well.  It
didn't work as well as putting my SL/2's spot meter on the highlight(s) of
the shot when using color reversal film.
- -----Original Message-----
From: Carl Socolow <csocolow@microserve.net>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Monday, January 19, 1998 9:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 Light Meter

>Bud Cook wrote:
>>
>> Carl,
>> Does opening up one stop work for b/w, color negative AND color reversal?
>> Bud Cook
>
>Bud, when I used to shoot news we would take a "palm" reading. Basically
>just a reading off the palm of my caucasian hand (zone 6) and open up
>one stop. Worked like a charm as long as it was in the same light as the
>subject. Also, don't forget this is a reflected reading. Finally, I must
>add that one of the things I love about my EOS cameras (and it probably
>applies to the R8 based on how so many people are proclaiming it) is the
>matrix metering. If I meter a face I generally let the camera just go
>where it wants to go. The more I fool with it the farther I get.
>
>Carl
>
>BIG SNIP
>> >take
>> >the reading (and then open up one stop) or use the 90 as mentioned
>> >above, meter the face (using the 90 framelines as a guide), switch back
>> >to the wide-angle and set the lens for the exposure indicated by the 90.
>> >Again of course remembering to open up one stop since the caucasian skin
>> >tone is approx. 1 stop brighter than 18% gray.
>> >
>> >Confusing? Probably. But it is a way that you can use the meter for
>> >selective spot metering.
>> >
>> >Carl S.
>> >
>