Tom Rittenhouse wrote: > Well, Paul, the exact same sun was shining on that mountain as was shining > on you. Is that not correct?
No, it wasn't. I was shaded by the peak of Mammoth Mountain. The Minaret's were getting the rising sun. And I was trying to get a moonlight effect, so I was using the spotmeter to put the sunlit portions of the Minaret range in zone 4 or thereabouts. My point is that I had an application here where the spotmeter was very valuable. But I agree that the incident meter is a good tool for almost all situations. But there are a few exceptions. As Shel noted, one exception is where the subject's lighting is different thatn what you can reasonably measure from camera position. I'm sure you agree with this. > And an incident meter would have given you the > correct reading for the sunlight shining on you. Is that not correct? Yes, > in such a situation, the only type of reflected light meter that would work > well is a narrow spot meter. But, I submit, you could have gotten just as > accurate a reading from an incident meter without 1/10th the hassle. > > Ciao, > graywolf > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, December 24, 2001 8:37 PM > Subject: Re: metering landscapes (spot / incident) > > > Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > How would you use an incident meter to photograph a scene when you're a > > > great distance from the area you want to capture, say a distant mountain > > > range across a wide valley? In a situation like that, IMO, only a spot > > > meter or a TTL meter can be truly dependable. > > > > I wouldn't use the incident meter in that situation. And if I used the TTL > > meter, I'd want to supplement it with a spot meter reading. I recall when > I > > shot the sunrise on the Minaret Range from Mammoth Mountain, which was at > least > > some twenty miles away, I used the spot to find the value in various parts > of > > the range. There was way too much black sky above the mountains and too > much > > dark valley below them to trust the LX's meter. However, I used the spot > meter > > reading to determine my exposure compensation number, in respect to the LX > > meter reading, then let the LX's OTF metering finsish the job. The > discrepancy > > wasn't as great as I thought it might be. A half stop at most. But a half > stop > > can make a difference, even with negative film. > > But the incident meter is a fast and dirty way to handle normal > situations. > > I've used it with great success. > > Paul > > - > > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
