Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/07

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Subject: Re: [Leica] incident metering procedure
From: Five Senses Productions <fls@5senses.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1998 16:39:56 -0700

Interesting...thanks for your help!

At 09:33 PM 4/6/98 +0000, Harrison McClary wrote:
>Five Senses Productions wrote:
>
>> blue sky, or palm of my hand for guidelines.  Can someone tell me
>> if one is supposed to meter incidentally with the dome pointing at 
>> the camera or the dome pointing at the main light source?  I have 
>
>
>I take the meter with the dome pointed in the direction from which I 
>will be shooting (opposite of the lens) and angled very slightly down 
>to get my readings. This is the way the meter should be held as you 
>are wanting a reading of the light falling on the subject not a 
>reading of the light coming from behind the subject.  It is important 
>that whatever method you use you do the same thing each time and to 
>calibrate the meter with your film and lab.  I generally shoot a roll 
>of film bracketing in 1/2 stops marking each exposure and then have a 
>test roll of the kind of chrome I am shooting processed and set the 
>meter to factor in the true ISO of the film/lab combination.
>
>After doing this I can trust my meter rather well, I still get snips 
>pulled to verify the lab is not running hot or cold on a particular 
>day, but it is usually within 1/2 to 1/3 of a stop.
>Harrison McClary
>http://people.delphi.com/hmphoto
> 


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