Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]SthRosner@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 6/1/01 9:26:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > simon@camera-craftsman.com writes: > > << >I want a really small > incident meter for the M4-P << >> > > Can someone enlighten stupid me? Incident meters measure the light falling on > the subject; ergo, they must face the light falling on the subject. How > efficient is it to point a camera-mounted incident meter toward the light > while focussing on the subject? Am I missing something? > > Seth > LaK 9 If you are figuring that the same amount of light is hitting you as is hitting your subject. This would often be the case. Sometimes not be. You're in the sun you take a reading. You cross the street you're still in the sun. Same reading! :) Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/