[rollei_list] Re: Meters and Film
- From: Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:29:52 -0400
Hi Carlos -
I think it depends upon your level of experience and how much you want
to think about exposure. The Zone system of course relied upon
multi-point reflectance spot metering. Modern cameras use complex
matrix reflectance metering, and most pros rely upon that as a
starting point, which the histogram for fine tuning...
As classic shooters of film negative, we have different requirements
than most shooters today. With 12+ stops of contrast range often at
our disposal, prime lenses and cameras on tripods, our metering
requirements are often very different from the vast majority of
shooters out there...
I have used incident metering very often in my previous life as a
film-maker, but this was always coupled with film tests to determine
reflectance and contrast, which must always be accounted for some how
if what you are shooting counts...
Eric Goldstein
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On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Carlos Manuel
Freaza<cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> --- El lun 31-ago-09, Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx> escribió:
>
>> ...A comment was made by someone (I think Mark Rabiner) not
>> too long ago
>> that using incident metering, you do not have to adjust...
>> just read
>> the scale and go. That, too, is erroneous, particularly
>> shooting in
>> low or high key situations with chrome film or older
>> digital, both of
>> which can only capture limited contrast ranges. You can
>> easily place
>> to contrast of the scene outside of what the medium can
>> handle if you
>> don't know and think about what's what...
>
> Hi Eric:
> Incident metering is the more reliable method to measure the light
> with a hand lightmeter IMO, except for some special and exceptional
> situations where the reflective method could be better or necessary;BTW, the
> incident method requires some experience to put the lightmeter dome in right
> position to obtain the exact amount of light and shadow regarding light and
> shadow in the scene considering the camera position, a difference in the
> angle of incidence of light and shadow between the dome position and the
> scene regarding the camera position could cause a bad meter read, otherwise
> the incident light reads are very reliable, quick and comfortable.
>
> Carlos
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