> Ideally, with incident metering, you should be at the subject
position and
> aim the meter sensor towards the light source. Since you and the
bird are
> about the same distance from the light source, give or take a couple
of
> yards, you should be fine.
Henry
First: A quote from the manual for My Minolta IV F (section on
incident light readings)
"Position the meter near your subject, aim the receptor directly at
the camera lens, and press the button".
But reading older books it does indeed say "point it at the sun".
This has me thinking: Minolta's technique works *for me* totally
irrespective of where the sun is: even behind the subject for contre
jour. Even in theory, for a flat subject perpendicular to the camera
the illumination is indeed best estimated normal to the camera NOT the
sun.
For now I'm going to keep using my meter according to the manual
(which is coincidentally the way that works). None of those "old
books" talk me through how incident readings should be taken when the
sun is behind the subject (which is often where the best images come
from). I'll ponder this one further ...
Bob
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