Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 02:26 PM 98-04-05 +0000, you wrote: >snip >IMHO all this meter stuff is just BS. You, as the photographer, have >to know what you are wanting exposed correctly and how to expose for >that light, no meter will do it perfect all of the time, and TTL (be >it a center spot TTL or Matrix TTL) is easily fooled by high >reflectance subjects, backlighting, hard sidelighting, low >reflectance objects. If you know how to use an incident meter >properly you will end up with better, more consistent exposures in >90% of the shooting situations you will encounter. > > >Harrison McClary >http://people.delphi.com/hmphoto > Hello Harrison, I short while ago I would have had a major disagreement with what you are saying but lately I have been shooting a lot of Velvia and using a new Minolta Auto Meter IV F and thoroughly enjoying it. I am finding that if I do what it tells me to do (for chromes) that the shots are on the vast majority of times. If the situation is tricky or with lots of bright whites I will still use my Pentax spot meter to double check on everything. I am finding that I bracket a lot more when I am using transparency film compared to b&w negative film but I am still usually the closest with the initial incident reading. For walking around cruising for snaps with a 35mm camera the incident meter is really quick and accurate. I never thought I would say that. To keep this pure Leica - I am using these other meters because my M6 is packaged up for shipment to Leica for replacement. Ian Stanley Kathmandu, Nepal