Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/07

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Re: Re: metering middle grey
From: "Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter)" <peterk@lucent.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 21:02:34 -0700

But have you compared them to incident light readings?  I think the fact
that there can be some difference according to Kodak may be of interest.

> ----------
> From: 	Jim Brick[SMTP:jimbrick@photoaccess.com]
> Reply To: 	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Sent: 	Wednesday, April 07, 1999 6:03 PM
> To: 	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: 	[Leica] Re:  Re:  Re: metering middle grey
> 
> Too late.
> 
> Over he years I have checked my meters against each other because when you
> pick-up a meter, you need to know where its reading lies in the scope of
> things. All of my incident meters give the same reading. And all of my
> reflected grey card readings are the same. And the incidents match the
> reflected. Everything is within a 1/4 stop.
> 
> Gossen Luna Star F2 (incident/reflected)
> Sekonic Studio Deluxe (incident/reflected)
> Pentax Digital spot (reflected)
> Very old Weston Master (reflected)
>    (Master I, II, or III, can't remember.) It's black and thick.
> M6 meter (reflected)
> (3) R7 meters (reflected)
> R4sP meter
> 
> I must be taunting the meter Gods!
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> At 07:16 PM 4/7/99 -0500, Henry wrote:
> >
> >Stay happy, do not under any circumstances test one meter against 
> >another. It could go like my 35mm lens test and then I ended up here - 
> >but that's another story.
> >
> >I'm just glad that my flash meter is adjustable so that it can be made to
> 
> >read the same as my old incident meter that I took as THE TRUTH not too 
> >long ago. Maybe ALL meters are different. You just gotta learn  how yours
> 
> >is.
> >
> >Henry
>