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[Pirate]

Why not just use a digital camera to get your metering, like we used the Polaroids back in the day?

 

[Roger Hicks]

Why not just use a digital camera to get your metering, like we used the Polaroids back in the day?

(1) Because unless you're shooting slide, digital readings are of limited use (as indeed were Polaroids unless you were shooting tranny, as most of us were). Direct pos (Polaroid), slide and digi readings are keyed to HIGHLIGHTS, neg readings to SHADOWS.

(2) Because you're dealing with different lenses, shutters, flare factors...

Digi is just about OK as a 'Polaroid' if you use the same lens, and understand (1) above. Otherwise...

Cheers,

R.

 

[Roger Hicks]

Actually he can use an incident light meter.

I find it funny that people who do not know how to use them, think they will not work. If he wants to photograph the clouds all he has to do is hold the meter between the camera and the clouds with it pointed at the camera. If he wants to meter the light behind the clouds all he has to to is replace the dome with the disk and point it at the part of the sky he wants to photograph. Of course it helps to have some experience that well tell him when and how much to compensate for special conditions.

I have been preaching incident metering for decades now, and it amazes me how many folks have come to see it my way.

ANY metering system can be made to work, with the right fudge factors, but I almost never use incident except for slides: I just find other approaches easier, because I know how/where to fudge all of them.

Cheers,

R.

 

[gdi]

How to use movements: http://www.rogerandfrances.com/subscription/camera movements.html

Cheers,

R.

VERY good article Roger. Good examples of the effect of movements.

 

[Roger Hicks]

VERY good article Roger. Good examples of the effect of movements.

Thank'ee kindly.

Cheers,

R.