[rollei_list] Re: Meters and Film
- From: Carlos Manuel Freaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:36:09 -0700 (PDT)
Yes Doug, I agree with your post in general.
Carlos
--- El lun 31-ago-09, dnygr <dnygr@xxxxxxxxxx> escribió:
> De: dnygr <dnygr@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Asunto: [rollei_list] Re: Meters and Film
> Para: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fecha: lunes, 31 de agosto de 2009, 3:20 pm
>
>
> Carlos,
>
> I would agree, the incident meter has to be at the right
> angle. The reading varies with the angle. It isn't hard
> to figure out, however, what angle gives the best results.
> This is especially true when you do your own printing.
>
>
>
> There's nothing like printing your own to help make you
> take better photographs and create better negatives to work
> from.
>
>
>
> Doug
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: "Carlos Manuel Freaza"
> <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Sent 8/31/2009 11:56:34 AM
>
> To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Meters and Film
>
>
>
> --- 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 ligh
> t with a hand lightmeter IMO, except for some special and
> exceptional situa
> tions where the reflective method could be better or
> necessary;BTW, the inc
> ident 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 a
> ngle of incidence of light and shadow between the dome
> position and the sce
> ne regarding the camera position could cause a bad meter
> read, otherwise th
> e incident light reads are very reliable, quick and
> comfortable.
> Carlos
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