Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > > I have a Pentax spotmeter. What is a Zone VI modification? > > Roland Smith > It turns out that a spotmeter doesn't always measure only what is in the little spot it shows you. A big problem is flare. The Pentax starts out pretty good and Zone VI adds a black baffle behind the lens which reduces flare, and the meter is calibrated ... you also get a handy Zone dial which matches up the EV readings to Zones ... this is a surprisingly nice and simple way to take a shadow reading and translate into exposure if you don't want to do any thinking except to decide what a shadow is :-) Jonathan Borden > > > > At 11:27 PM 12/12/99 -0500, Jonathan Borden wrote: > > >> > > >Recently I've been using a Pentax Spotmeter (Zone VI > modified). I like it > > >alot. It is not the smallest meter. I am also fond of the > analog readout. > It > > >is very helpful to be able to get a quick reading of the shadows. > > > > > >Jonathan Borden > > > > > > > That is exactly what I have as a spot meter. I had Zone VI > modify it about > > 10 years ago. Great (the best) spot meter. > > > > Jim > > >