Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kent Jon Peters wrote: > Walter S Delesandri wrote: > > > > Hello, > > some spot meters (soligar 1%) are calibrated intentionally > > for caucasian skin....the 'lighter' side....this would > > correspond to approximately zone VI or one stop > > hotter than "middle" gray....just what the Minolta said!!! > ---------- > Both of my R4's in spot mode appear to measure zone 6 where my hand > meter reads zone 5. I have tried this under various conditions and it's > consistent. Kent That's always been a "rule of thumb". I often use my palm as a zone vi reference when I want to make incident readings with my spot meter. Seems to work quite well and saves the bother of fiddling with gray cards in the wilderness. Mike