Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree about the grass.....when I am in the field without a grey card, a patch of sunlit green grass or a wide open patch of deep blue sky strangely always provide accurate metering areas..... At 09:27 AM 4/7/98 +0100, Alex Hurst wrote: >Francesco wrote: > >>Call me dumb, but I myself have never operated an incident meter. >>I have always relied upon my in-camera meter and the green grass, >>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 >>heard both and am confused. Someone please tell me your >>procedure...... > >I use a Weston V selenium meter with an Invercone incident light >attachment, and find it accurate in 99% of situations. > >The Invercone is a large hemisphere with a dent in the middle, so it's >actually gathering in light from 180 degrees and averaging it. Most meters >have a similar sort of dome arrangement.. > >If you can get close to the subject, then it's simple. Just hold the meter >upright/level with the dome pointing towards the camera position, and it >will then average the light falling on the target. Very quick, and almost >totally idiot-proof. > >If you can't get close (as in landscapes), it's normally quite easy to find >a patch nearby which has much the same sort of lighting as the subject and >taking a reading there. > >That said, when I'm using TTL metering, I've found the 'grass' tip (thank >you LUG), a very effective substitute for an 18% grey card. Living in >Ireland, there's a lot of grass to choose from - my only problem is which >of the 72 shades of green to choose....... > >Slan > >Alex > >Alex Hurst >Cork Florists >19 Winthrop St, Cork >Republic of Ireland >Tel: +353 21 270 907 >Fax: +353 21 271 248 >email: corkflor@iol.ie >Website: http://www.flowerlink.com/corkflorists >Home website: http://homepages.iol.ie/~corkflor/ > Francesco Sanfilippo, Five Senses Productions webmaster@5senses.com http://www.5senses.com/