Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Robert....what if your shooting a very light subject like an egret or a dark subject like a black bear? Do you still use the incident reading? Thanks again! michael - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert G. Stevens" <robsteve@hfx.andara.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>; <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 3:33 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Stared down by subject of street photo > Michael: > > As I usually do, I used an incident meter. I normally use an incident > reading and then compare it to the camera meter. If this differential > changes, I will re-meter with an incident if possible, otherwise I will > just correct the exposure accordingly. In other words if the incident > reads f8 and the camera says f8 minus 1/2 stop on manual, I will try to > keep the camera reading 1/2 stop under as lighting changes. As long as you > can put the incident meter into the same light falling on your subject, it > will be the most accurate way to shoot slide film. > > > It probably could have used some fill flash, as it was side lighting. If > using fill flash, I set the Metz to - 1 2/3 stops and the camera to the > reading the incident meter gave. I used this method on the shot below. > > http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/images/Misc/fox.jpg > > Regards, > > Robert > > > Regards, > > Robert > > At 02:51 PM 2/2/2002 -0500, michael grady wrote: > >Robert, > > > >great shot! how did you meter this situation? > > > >michael > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html