No, I don't use the meter any more. It seemed pointless after a while. I can pretty much predict the exposure based on the distance from the subject to my monolights and the position of the monolight power adjustment. Of course I look at the first exposure and adjust as encessary. The histogram is more revealing than any meter reading. Paul On Dec 3, 2006, at 9:49 PM, Mark Cassino wrote:
> LOL - that's good to hear. And I'm sure glad you are NOT using one of > the ... > > Hmm - I thought I posted a message asking if you were using a hand- > held > meter and how consistent the flash meter's recommendations were with > your actual results. But that part of the message is probably still > here > in my drafts folder. > > - MCC > > Paul Stenquist wrote: >> Hi Mark, >> Yes, I'm using one of the :-)) >> Seriously, I'm using a pair of Studio Pro Excalibur monolights, >> firing into umbrellas. Easy to light. I already knew they worked very >> well. Today, I'm most pleased with the performance of the K10 in >> terms of resolution, rendering and noise. >> Best, >> Paul >> On Dec 3, 2006, at 8:34 PM, Mark Cassino wrote: >> >>> Nice work Paul - the lighting in both your studio shots was >>> excellent. >>> Just to confirm - are you using one of the >>> >>> Paul Stenquist wrote: >>>> I had to shoot some more ad materials today for contest entries. >>>> This >>>> was with the K10D at ISO 100 with studio strobes, ff16 @ 1/180th >>>> in X >>>> exposure mode. Two monolights. Here's the full image: >>>> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5284166&size=lg >>>> >>>> Here's a 100% crop: >>>> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5284188&size=lg >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >>> Mark Cassino Photography >>> Kalamazoo >>> www.markcassino.com >>> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> > > > -- > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Mark Cassino Photography > Kalamazoo > www.markcassino.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
