Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan Cardish wrote: > > There is no need to point a meter at an 18% (or 13%) gray card to get > accurate reading. I (and many photographers) routinely aim my spotmeter at > the palm of my hand and then open up one stop to get a meter reading. > There's no reason why the M6 meter can't do something similar. All that > need to be done is have the meter calibrated properly. > > Hmm....actually, many photographer don't aim my spotmeter at my hand, only > I do that. They use their own hands! And they use their own spotmeters! > > Dan C. ><Snip> "to get accurate reading."? Point your meter at a wall. Set your camera to that reading. You've just placed that wall at middle grey or zone V. That's how it will come out in the neg. If it was a white wall it will look middle grey on the contact sheet. You've underexposed it several stops for white. But placed it successfully for middle grey if that's what you wanted. A reflective meter is for placing tones or zones. Take a reading off the grass if that seems to you to be a nice middle grey. Mark William Rabiner