Re: [Leica] metereless

[Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net>]

Steve

I have a feeling that you are confusing an incident light meter
with a reflected light meter.

Jerry

Steve Unsworth wrote:

> Don't think so, you're measuring the light that's falling onto an object,
> not the light reflected from it. A black object will appear black because it
> absorbs more of the light that's falling onto it than a white object.
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Andrew Moore
> Sent: 17 April 2003 14:45
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] metereless
>
> > A hand held meter is simple to use, quick and fool proof.
>
> Almost, anyway -- I suppose black still absorbs and white still reflects
> more like, so even with an incident reading you still need to take that into
> account, right?
>
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