Motor Sport Visions Photograp wrote:
use the spot meter a lot. Much as I like the thought of multi-spot
metering it is something that I seldom would put to real good use since I
> really have no time to think about things as much as I would like to
I find that the multi-spot function is really nice for giving an
indication of the tonal range i am about to try and capture in frame.
I can do a quick spot on what looks like the brightest part of the
scene, then one on the darkest. You can actually see the two
resulting diamonds on the exposure scale in the bottom of the
viewfinder and *see* how many stops apart they are. if the "gap" is
greater than my film lattitude, i know I need to make a decision
about whether to hold shadow detail and let the highlights burn out
or lose shadows and keep highlight detail.
I had never really thought much about this until I got my Om-4Ti, but
it has helped me to appreciate what i am asking the film to capture,
and to think more about what I envision the finished result to be
like.
Sometimes this process will prompt me to try a Grad ND filter, or
other times to walk away from a shot because i know that the film
won't "see" it the way my eyes did.
An averaging meter (I used an OM-1n for 10 years) never really
encouraged me to think this way.
my $0.02 worth
peter
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