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Re: [OM] Re: meters

Subject: Re: [OM] Re: meters
From: Matt BenDaniel <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 13:56:22 -0400
Don't you interpret incident readings based on reflectivity of the 
subject/scene?

Matt

At 10:56 15-05-03 -0700, Jan Steinman wrote:
>>From: Tris Schuler <tristanjohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>Actually, _all_ meter readings need to be interpreted, no matter where you
>>stand and what light you measure. Neither approach (incident or spot) is
>>full-proof or necessarily "better" then the other...
>
>I have to mildly disagree here. I would say that the most accurate exposure is 
>always with incident metering.
>
>It may well be that incident metering is inconvenient, or that you are trying 
>to do something that values creativity over accuracy, but scene metering can 
>only approach (not surpass) the accuracy of incident metering.
>
>Again, this is not to say that you cannot do good work with scene or spot 
>metering, particularly if dead-on accuracy is not an absolute requirement. 
>(Who cares if it's 1/3rd stop off if everything else is wonderful? :-) But I 
>would not consider anything except incident metering for technical or 
>reproduction photography, for example.
>
>So that's my bias, since I do reproductions, and have been seriously screwed 
>by using scene/spot metering.

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Matt BenDaniel
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