Hi, this is the type of situation where an incident reading would probably be better than a reflected reading. In general it would be better to point the meter at the camera, but an average or split reading would probably be ok too. Failing that, a reading off the grey card should be the same as an incident reading, and I would personally use that rather than a reading off the child's skin or a coat or whatever because it removes the element of guesswork.
As for diffusion you'd have to be careful about colour casts (if using colour film) even from an apparently white diffuser. --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Wednesday, March 20, 2002, 3:13:04 PM, you wrote: > Bill, > Just out of curiosity, would an incident reading work also? If so, would > you meter towards the camera or towards the lightsource? And as far as > diffusing the light, could he just hang a sheet or shear window treatment in > front of the window to diffuse the daylight as long as it stays out of the > picture? > Just a couple of questions. > Thanks, > D - 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 .
