Bill Lawlor wrote: > > Incident meters measure the light falling on the meter cell.
Pedantically speaking, incident meters measure light falling on an attached hemispherical (dome-shaped) plastic insert, which the cell then reads. Sorry, but this is true. The light from the sky never falls on the meter cell... > An alternative is to use a camera built-in meter to > measure the light falling on a 18% gray card. You mean, light "reflected from," don't you? Gee, now I'm sorry again! > I carry a small one in my bag. An alternative is to measure the > light falling on the palm of your hand and then open up one stop to > approximate an 18% card. I sometimes forget the gray card but I always > remember my hands. Now bracket the shot! Nothing against you, Bill... I think you're a nice guy! keith whaley
