Plus you'll get the advantage of having a "Polaroid Test" of whatever you're shooting.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >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 >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > -- 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
