Re: Hand Meters

[Bruce Rubenstein]

It depends on the direction of the light, how the light is being used 
and film (just for starters). I would measure the intensity of the main 
light (on the axis of the light), and try to get a measurement for the 
highlight (particularly with slide film) and on in the shadow to know 
contrast range. Contrast range has to be constrained to the limits of 
the final output media. So if you're shooting transparency film for 
magazine reproduction you have to work to the range of the press, which 
is smaller than the film. Every step in the process raises the contrast. 
Lighting that seem flat and boring during a shoot can have quite a bit 
of character on the printed page.

BR

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

An interesting question is - where do you aim the meter to measure incident
light?