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Re: [OM] Incident Light metering

Subject: Re: [OM] Incident Light metering
From: Dawid Loubser <dawidl@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 20:35:28 +0200
I held the incident meter very close to the picture frame,
right against the wall. With this shot, I wanted the area very
close to the candle correctly exposed (i.e. not over-exposed),
with the rest gently falling off. After applying what I thought
would be sensible time for reciprocity failure on Provia
(which is excellent in this regards) I exposed exactly as per
the meter reading, and it came out very well.

On a technical note, I really should post a larger version or a 100%
crop, the image quality in this image made my jaw drop. Right to the
corners, the very finest of textures in the wall (plaster) are rendered
crisply.

Do you see the little copper disc over the peep hole in the door on
the left? Engraved in that disc is the word "Jaguar" (brand, I presume).
In the original the engraved wording is perfectly rendered, and not just
"barely" but clearly.

The only thing that will, at this time, come even close to a good 6x17cm
image, especially with an ultra-wide angle of view like this, is a  
scanning
back, but with an exposure time of 18minutes, the scan would literally
take hours (possibly days).

There is some formats where one does not shoot film because it's fun  
or different,
but simply because it's hopelessly better than anything comparable.

If any of you ever find a good deal on a Linhof 617, never pass it up!
Such a camera is endlessly satisfying, even for "boring" shots like  
these.

Ironically, I got mine much much cheaper (locally here in South Africa)
than what I just paid for the (very well-priced) OM-3Ti that's on my way
from John :-)

Dawid



On 12 May 2010, at 1:34 PM, Tom Fenwick wrote:
>> http://snipurl.com/w5ux5
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>
> <snip>
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>> ... no additional brain-power required.
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> Where did you hold your incident meter?
>
> Tom

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