Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I personally like an incident meter much better than a reflected meter. And Fred Ward's statement is pretty much true. I will use an incident meter when taking serious photographs as much as possible. However, I agree with Eric. There are numerous situations where it is totally *impossible* to use an incident meter. Therefore, it is best to be able to effectively use both. Jim At 10:35 PM 1/23/99 -0600, you wrote: >> But I believe Fred Ward (Nat. Geo.) wrote a brief >>note (in the archive?) that said in effect that any serious photographer >>interested in consistent, dead-on results will rely only on an incident >>meter. > >I have the highest respect for Fred. But I disagree with this belief. For >most situations, this is true, but I shoot in really bad light quite often, >and there is no way an incident meter is going to work for me. I can't stop >and hold up the meter in a situation where things are happening and there >is not time, and it's highly unethical to shout "stop" wait 'til I get a >reading! > >It just depends on how much you need "help" in metering, or how fast you work. > >Eric Welch >St. Joseph, MO >http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch > >"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it." Ted Kennedy >