I originally wrote:
>>However I recall the meter did not give reasonable results. I am sorry I can not
>recall them
>> precisely but it seemed the direct sun falling on the dome caused crazy readings .
>. . akin to
>>what you might expect if you pointed a reflected spot meter directly at the sun.
>> Terence A. Danks
"Bob Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> helpfully replied:
>One thought, as ambient to me is THE way to take an exposure, is if
>you were inadvertently pointing the cone in the general direction of
>the sun rather than angled towards the lens? That would lead you to
>under expose for sure.
H E L P !!!!! I need help. " . . . pointing the cone in the general direction of
the sun rather than angled towards the lens" is EXACTLY what I, very deliberately, was
doing.
It seems I am not using this thing (the L-508) correctly at all in incident mode.
This despite having read
a book on the subject and the instructions.
The bird is about 130 feet out in front of me. I pointed the lumisphere BACK BEHIND me
to measure the incident
light . . . the light falling on the bird being the same light that was falling on me
as both of us were in full sun.
So, of course, the full light of the sun was falling directly on the lumisphere . . .
I thought that was the idea!
Please don't laugh! I guess what I did was absurd?
Just how and where, pointed in which direction do I holdthe meter to measure incident
light? Had I been
standing right beside the bird, the reading would hav been the same . . . and the
lumisphere would again
have had full sun falling on it. Amy I measuring light incident on the subject or
light incident on the front lens
of the camera.
I am hopelessly and pathetically confused! Help, please, before I actually hurt myself
with this thing!
--
Terence A. Danks
Nova Scotia, Canada
Wildlife and Nature Photography
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/danksta/home.htm
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