Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Art, The dome on an incident meter transmits 18% of the light that hits it and hence it reads the same as a spotmeter reading of an 18% gray card. The advantage is one of convenience (not having to carry and hold up a card), but there is no technical advantage. Jonathan Borden > > > 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 >