Bruce: I disagree. My statement is correct. It is the reflected light that is recorded on the film. The reflected light is measured by the reflected spot meter and the reading does indeed indicate placement of this value on Zone V, but it is up to you to place it on the correct zone for proper exposure. The reflected meter therefore, gives you useful information as you are free to place it anywhere on the film scale.
The incident meter measures only the average light falling on the meter and does not take into account the contrast range of your film. So, if you use slide film in high contrast conditions both highlights and shadows will be outside the film range and that is where the incident meter gives you no useful information. Cheers, - Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: Bruce Rubenstein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: March 24, 2003 6:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Hand Meters This is not correct. A reflected light meter (the one in the camera, spot meter, etc.) is calibrated on the assumption that 18% of the light striking a subject is reflected. Any subject that reflects more, or less, light will give an incorrect meter reading. The most accurate metering is done with an incident meter that measures the amount of light striking the subject. The drawback of an incident meter is that you must place the meter where the subject is, or in identical light. If you go to the Sekonic site they have a good tutorial on metering. BR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >The light that is recorded on film is the reflected light from your >subject. The ambient meters measure only ambient light and ignores the >reflected light, so logically the reflected light meters give you >information that you actually need. >
