On Sun, 28 Oct 2001 23:45:34 +1100, you wrote: > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Ken Durling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> OK, I may be missing something basic here, but if someone would just >> kindly kick me, I'll be fine. >> >> I have a cheap hand held meter that I'm pretty sure is malfunctioning, >> but I wanted to find out by how much, so I took it and my three >> cameras out to a pretty much 18% grey wall behind my house to compare >> readings. It's a sunny day and I decided to use ISO 100. >> > >Hi Ken, >Before going too much further I would personally repeat the test using a >gray card or similar in a well shaded spot. It takes only a small amount of >glare or reflection to make those difference in your camera's meter. The >variations in the different metering options are indicative of this also. I >have seen comparitive meterings tests done where considerable differences >were noted - only to disappear under more controlled conditions. >Regards, Tim >www.timmunro.com.au >
Thanks Tim, I'll do that. Ken Durling Website http://home.earthlink.net/~kdurling/ Alternate e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
