If you're going to be shooting slides, I'd recommend a _good_ spot meter. IMO the best you can get would be a Pentax Spotmeter (or a similar one) that allows you to look through the meter and see exactly what you're metering. The Pentax Digital Spotmeter is my spot meter of choice, but for years I used it alongside the Spotmeter V, which is an analog meter. I really like them both, but at some point decided that the digital was sufficient.
The analog meter can be had relatively inexpensively, and in some ways it's preferable to the digital meter. Although, it's bulkier and heavier, being able to see the meter needle sweep over various parts of the landscape allows for a simpler visual cue of the light range of the scene. The digital meter is quite a bit smaller and lighter, and gives a nice, bright, clear readout, which can be helpful in low light situations. A nice feature of these meters is that filters and hoods can be attached. So, if you're shooting a scene and using a warming or cooling filter, or a contrast filter for B&W work, the same filter can be attached to the meter - saves calculating exposure compensation. Shel > [Original Message] > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > That's what I thought. Spot meters are expensive though aren't they? > > I will shoot slides and negs. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
