That's what I thought. Spot meters are expensive though aren't they? I will shoot slides and negs.
Quoting "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Incident meters wont do you any good if the distant > Landscape is under different light local to the camera. > That's why the need for the spotmeters. But once again. > If youre shooting color or BW negative films, exact exposure > Isnt really that critical especially if you give it a +1 > Stop exposure compensate ( set ISO film speed on meter to half > The film's rating ). > JCO > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of > Bob W > Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 8:25 PM > To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' > Subject: RE: hand held meters > > You really need to have an incident meter. This measures the light > that's falling on the subject, and in general gives you the most > accurate reading. However, many people who do their own processing > and > printing and use the zone system like to use a spotmeter. I would > recommend a combined meter, which will also include wide-area > reflected metering. > > Metering is generally pretty simple and lacking in mystery - most > basic photography books explain it adequately. > > -- > Cheers, > Bob > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 11 October 2006 00:16 > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > Subject: hand held meters > > > > Once I have a P6x7, I will probably not have a metering prism > > and will therefore > > need to purchase and use a handheld meter. Never having done > > this before (I > > started playing with photography well into the age of > > in-camera metering) I have > > little idea of what I need or how it works. If I'm largely > > going to be doing > > landscapes, am I right to assume that a reflective meter > > would be best? How much > > will a half decent meter set me back? It may be cheaper to > > buy a TTL metering > > prism. > > > > Any advice appreciated as hand held metering is a mystery to me! > > > > James > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
