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Re: [OM] spotmeter

Subject: Re: [OM] spotmeter
From: Wm Biesele <wbiesele@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2000 19:59:41 -0700
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Anyone use a handheld spotmeter, like the Pentax Spotmeter? Is it a reasonable 
subsitute for a
OM4?
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I use a Minolta with spot meter attachment, not as narrow (spotty) as the 4. 
Also I've programmed
an HP calculator to do the meter averaging with a little twist. After taking a 
reading I enter the
Zone and the f stop from the meter into the calculator.  After each reading the 
calculator
displays the Zone V f stop and the standard deviation. If the standard 
deviation is small all is
good. If the s.d. is large I know my choice of zones is not what the film will 
show; either I have
not recognized the correct zones for the readings or the scene is too contrasty 
for the film to
reproduce. If somewhere in between I use the s.d. as a guide to how much to 
bracket the shot.

Not real handy for candids of children, macro shoots; but works well for 
landscapes and such.
Slow, but the more time spent thinking about a photograph the better the result 
is for me, and
more rewarding.

And how else can you spot meter with an OM1?


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