Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Paul, Jim :) At 11:17 AM 5/22/98 -0700, you wrote: >At 10:10 AM 5/22/98 , you wrote: >>Jim, >>What do you mean *corrected for color use*? Could it be used unmodified for >>metering highlights of a scene when exposing chrome films? >>Bud >> >>Jim Brick wrote: >> >>> I use the old (but still current) Pentax Spot meter, corrected by Zone VI >>> for color use. >> >>> [Snip] >> >>> Jim >> > >What Jim is referring to is the fact that Zone VI have modified the meter >so that the spectral response of the meter matches the spectral response >of black and white film (specifically Tri-X Pan). Along with making the meter >more accurate for B&W work, it means that you can meter through filters >rather than using filter factors (for B&W). > >Zone VI also install a different sensor and baffles to cut flare and improve >linearity. > >[Note also that although Jim describes the meter as 'basically analog, even >though >it shows numbers and dots', the meter he's referring to is a Pentax Digital >Spot, >which is substantially smaller (and more shock resistant) to the Pentax >analog version (with the meter needle). > >Great meter. > > >-Paul >