> **The thread has studiously ignored flash metering, > (an easy assumption to make, since no one has > mentioned flash or flash metering), which leads to > this observation: the only way to accurately meter > when using flash is to hold a flash/color meter next > to or near the item or subject.
Dont they make spot FLASH meters too? BTW, The "metering" method I usually use for flash works FANTASTIC. It's called guide # !! As long as you know the distance to the subject accurately and can do the division in your head, it never fails!! Better than TTL or autoflash because like incident metering, the subject reflectance is not part of the calculation. As far as ambient goes, I usually use Sunny f16 first, then incident if it's not sunny, then reflected if not possible to measure incident for average scenes, then as a last resort digital spotmeter for unusual scenes. JCO
