Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:26 AM 12/31/2004 -0700, you wrote: >At 05:25 AM 12/31/2004, Karen Nakamura wrote: >>Why not just use an incident meter? Much easier: >> http://photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/lightmeters.html > >Amen to that. I was amazed at how much more consistent my exposures >became when I switched to incident metering. I use the little Digisix >from Gossen. Other than that, I do what Brian recommends -- meter once >for the overall light level and re-meter only when there's a noticeable >light change. Obviously, there are many situations where this wouldn't >work, but it works surprisingly well most of the time. > >BTW, Karen, I really like the look of your new Blog site. I'm going to >have to check out Blogger for myself. Besides, it's free! > > > > >Phil Swango I agree that incident meters are great. I have used a Sekonic studio deluxe for over 40 years, on my second one. I recently treated myself to a new meter as the studio seems a little fragile, a Gossen Luna-pro digital. It seems to give the same light readings and is much more compact and the read out is more easily seen by old eyes. Lee