Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > Francesco Sanfilippo, Five Senses Productions webmaster@5senses.com http://www.5senses.com/