Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm with Harrison on the incident meter issue also. Not only does it tell me more about the light, it's easier to calibrate processing and exposure to one meter than three or four in-camera meters. With chromes and black-and-white, that makes a difference. More than a little off the point, but this reminds me of an experience last month with my battered but trusty Minolta Autometer IV. I spent half a day shooting, er, photographing, an outdoor spring sports event on artificial turf in a really driving rain, with the meter stashed in the pocket of my Goretex jacket. Water pooled up in there and at some point the meter went dead. When I got home I dried it out and put a new battery in. It powered up but wouldn't produce a light reading. I disassembled it, scraped the contacts and let it air dry, then put it back together. Still nothing. I took it apart again and left it open, putting it back together every day or so to see if it would work. Nothing, until the fifth day when as if by magic it came to life. Works fine now. Go figure. Bill Welch > 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. >