Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]2 questions regarding light/light meters..... 1) thinking about getting an incident meter and maybe a spot meter. I played with a Sekonic 508 at a camera store last weekend. It is digital, incident, and spot (1-5 deg.). Any comments on this meter from people using it or lusting after it :) Don't recall seeing it mentioned on the light meter thread a couple of weeks ago. I currently use an inexpensive match needle Sekonic L-188 Auto Leader. Since B&H will get a liitle over $400 of my hard-earned cash, I'd like to make this light meter decision just once. 2) regarding incident readings - Is it true, even with incident readings, that you still have to open up with lighter objcts and close down with darker objects? So the advantage then is simply more accurate readings? I guess I don't see how this is any better than a spot meter reading the important part of a scene, and then you adjusting open/close based upon whether metered part of scene is ligter or darker than 18% gray. Now, with reflectinve meter, I either try to meter something close to 18% gray (like a gravel driveway) OR I meter the scene and guess-timate up or down based on lightness/darkness of the most important element of the scene. Am I confused (that's another question) and how will my technique differ with an incident meter? thanks, as usual. .....Art (NJ) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com