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Re: [OM] Incident Light metering

Subject: Re: [OM] Incident Light metering
From: John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 19:30:37 -0300
Two anecdotes:

1. I swung through the Bekka Valley, Baalbeck., and Damascus a year or five 
ago in high summer with an M3 and top mounted MR meter and three M lenses 
...... Summarit 50/1.5, Elmarit 90/2.8 and Summilux 135/1.4 . That MR meter 
produced excellently exposed K25 slides and I wasn't using a grey card. I am 
mightily grateful that I have a hoard of Varta mercury batteries to keep the 
MR meter [and my M5 meter] going for long into the future.

2. The spot meter of my OM4T, regardless of lens being used, is perhaps the 
best metering device I have EVER used and that includes my Sekonic L508.[an 
incident meter]. Absent stupidity, that 4T meter produces such excellent 
results that one has to stand back and marvel at its performance.

I don't take issue with using an incident meter but to trumpet it as the 
ultimate tool for measuring light for photographic exposure purposes is a 
stretch.

The bottom lime ...............go with whatever works for you.

jh

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dawid Loubser" <dawidl@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 5:07 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Incident Light metering


> John, care to elaborate? I stated in my first post, that
> when it comes to optimising exposure to capture the most dynamic
> range, multi-segment matrix meters and fully-electronic cameras
> may even have the edge.
>
> But when it comes to accuracy, a reflected-light meter is denied
> the simple fact of "how much light is there, actually?". I maintain
> that an incident light meter will always be more accurate to capture
> the chosen subject correctly (of course, provided you can actually meter
> the light, i.e. that it's not distant).
>
> I am open to discussion though :-) But you'll have to make a very strong
> argument, as the past couple of years of experience have taught me this.
> With any reflected-light meter, you have to become good at guessing
> exposure
> compensation, or taking multiple shots.
>
> With any of my mechanical cameras + incident meter, I am making much
> more accurate
> exposures than what my Canon 1-series SLR with multi-segment-matrix-
> metering
> ever did. Of course, it's a slower process.
>
> Dawid
>
>
> On 13 May 2010, at 2:48 AM, John Hudson wrote:
>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Dawid Loubser" <dawidl@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 5:37 AM
>> Subject: [OM] Incident Light metering
>>
>>
>>> An incident light meter simply cannot be equalled by any other in-
>>> camera reflected-light
>>
>> ****SHIT !!!
>>
>>
>> jh
>
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