Jerry wrote:
> Gee, how did anyone ever use slide film or do concerts/available light
> before spot meters came along???? Could there be another way????
They did but nowhere near the control over exposure you can get with a spot meter.
With a spot meter you can assign any part of the scene to any tonality you want by an
accuracy less than 1/3 of a stop (with modern cameras). Similar can be achieved with
center weighted metering but than means getting (very) close to the subject for meter
reading or changing to a long telephoto lens for metering; neither very practical. Of
course, all this require that photographer knows what he's doing.
Pål
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