Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Michael: Yes I use the incident reading. That is the purpose of an incident meter, it reads the light falling on the object, not reflecting from it. The colour of the bird does not matter. In the case of spot metering with the R8, if I want a white object white on the slide, I typically meter off the white and open up 1 1/2 stops. Regards, Robert At 05:37 PM 2/2/2002 -0500, you wrote: >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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html