I hadn't thought of that, I could always use my K10D (once it arrives). :)
Quoting "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Heck I've been using my *ist-Ds as a light meter to shoot with my > "new" > Kodak Medalist. Those 6x9 exposures are just too expensive to > waste. > > Scott Loveless wrote: > > >On 10/10/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>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! > >> > >> > >> > >You might take a look at a point and shoot digital. Some of them > have > >an exposure metering function. If you zoom the lens, you can > narrow > >down the area you're metering. Although not as precise as a 1 > degree > >spot meter, and perhaps not as accurate, it certainly would be a > cost > >effective path to take. I've used the 750z in this capacity with > my > >C220 quite a few times. Plus, if you run out of film you can keep > >shooting with the digicam! > > > > > > > > > -- > Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. > > --Albert Einstein > > > > -- > 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
