[rollei_list] Lightmeters and Estimated Photography

At 03:44 PM 4/29/05 -0700, Richard Knoppow wrote:

>   I think there was another photoelectric meter before the=20
>Weston but it was the first popular one and the first to=20
>have a reliable film speed service.=20

>   I have often used the meter in my Nikon F when shooting=20
>LF because it has a well defined area of sensitivity and=20
>I've found it to be very reliable. I've also found the=20
>built-in meter in my Rolleiflex 2.8E to be reliable.

Shame on you, Richard.

Both Gossen and Metrawatt in Europe were producing photoelectric meters at
the same time as Weston.  While Weston produced the first branded hand-held
meter, it was Metrawatt of Nurnberg which produced the first clip-on meter
for the Leitz camera, a rather rare 1939 product. =20

But, in the end, any photographer who cannot properly evaluate a sunlit
scene and determine the exposure from his own head needs to rethink the
process.  Using another camera to determine the exposure is less a
confession of weakness:  it is an acknowledgement of a failure to
comprehend the mixture of light and subject which allows us to take
pictures.  An undue reliance on a lightmeter indicates a failure of
understanding.

Marc

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