Yep, I've always metered sunsets with a spotmeter. Just pick out the portion of the sky that you want to have the density of a gray card and take your reading there. Bingo. Paul On Oct 11, 2006, at 12:41 AM, David Mann wrote:
> On Oct 11, 2006, at 2:00 PM, Bob W wrote: > >> That's true, and it's why a combined meter (or 2 meters) is useful, >> but it's very rare to be shooting a landscape and not be able to find >> somewhere nearby where you can take a reading. > > Personally I prefer spot metering as I can get a better indication of > the dynamic range of the scene. I've also often been in situations > where the local light is different to the distant light, and I don't > want to overexpose the sunlit mountains in the background. > > Sunsets are also a bit awkward to measure with an ambient meter. > > - Dave > > > > -- > 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
