I think that incident meters work very well for lancscape photography, since you usually have a range of values in the scene. The exceptions would be if you're shooting white sand and water or black volcabnic rock.. In those cases, you would want to use a spotmeter and deetermine the values of the significant parts of the scene. Paul
Frantisek Vlcek wrote: > Hi, > > short: how about metering a snowy landscape using incident meter > (L398) ? > > long: > I will be going to a short trip to country (runningski) day after tomorrow, and >of course I > will take camera(s) with me :) I was thinking about leaving my > spotmeter at home (I take Yashica D, meterless, and a rangefinder. > Both "normal" FOV of 42mm lens,BTW - somewhat challenging for > landscapes IMHO) - it's a Pentax Spotmeter V (latest > model) and although it's great and never failed me (it's built like > a tank too, I had a look inside, I needed to resolder broken > battery wires), it's bigger and heavier than the rangefinder, and > doesn't fit into any of my Street&Field belt lens cases (I carry > the Yashica & film & hood in one LC3, the rangefinder in a small Tamrac > case). > > Weather is gonna be overcast probably, so what about just using > incident meter? > > 1) should I use the dome diffuser? Or the flat diffuser? > 2) how should I point the meter? parallel with ground? Half point > between sun and camera (as in studio) ? > 3) Anything else? > > Thanks for help. > > > Good light, > Frantisek Vlcek > > 4 > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
