"Tim Munro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote/replied to: >So, you asked and I told you. Make of it what you will but I will probably >not be purchasing the handheld meter for the type of work I do. As I look at >the slides I feel that on several occasions the best result would be to >meter both ways then start at the middle and bracket, but overall the 1v >does such a good and consistent job that it is an unnecessary extra step. >I've spent a lot of years getting used to what my camera meter tells me and >it rarely lets me down. Geez I love my EOS gear.... > >Regards, Tim
Tim, were you using spot metering in the 1V? I'm not sure what metering modes it has, or what you used. My EOS55 has averaging, partial, and centre-weighted metering modes. Yup, I know what a spot meter is, just wondering what you used, and what modes the 1V has. I also find a hand meter to be tricky to use. However, if it's reading a grey card with the same light as the subject you are shooting, it should be bang on. Naturally, with slide film one has to be careful, as one's subject might not be grey. This is where the hand meter can tell you how many stops up from the grey card is your highlight, for instance the white car. You must read the grey card with the knowledge of what highlight detail you will retain, and compensate or bracket this. I believe usually 2 stops up from grey is your highlight. A white object like the white car in shade can certainly go two stops higher than a grey card. It's sort of the beach or snow scene happening. You have to expose differently a the beach or in the snow. Big white things reflect alot of light, even in shade. Especially shiny cars which reflect light from brighter areas above and behind you. I certainly like to use flash fill in the shade myself. It is very easy to get totally black areas of shadow in the shade, whilst still losing highlights, even on negative film. Of course 'shade' on different days can vary greatly. Thanks for the review, I like reading this stuff, and I'm always testing and comparing myself. What you have demonstrated at the least is that it's not that easy using a hand held meter corrrectly. And time and again I find the shots that I like best were not the ones I had time to hand meter in any case. Getting to know the camera metering is most important, and can do all you need for most shooting. * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
