Hi Paul ... To me it's not a given, as it seems that with landscapes there's often something in the distance that's part of the scene. And with landscapes there are times when parts of a scene are in deep shadow or in bright light. Perhaps I am pickier than most, but I want to know exactly what the range of light is in a scene so that I, not an averaging meter, can choose where the highlights and shadows will fall.
You are right, however, that when photographing an average scene, and you are reading the same light that's falling on the subject, an incident meter will give good results. However, once you stray from average, or are photographing a scene that is not in the same light the meter reads, the incident meter is best replaced with a spot meter. How would you use an incident meter to photograph a scene when you're a great distance from the area you want to capture, say a distant mountain range across a wide valley? In a situation like that, IMO, only a spot meter or a TTL meter can be truly dependable. And if your camera doesn't happen to have TTL metering, as is the case with many MF and LF cameras, what then are your options? Paul Stenquist wrote: > Hi Shel, > When I use an incident meter, it's a given that I position the mteter in > the same light that is striking the subject. It's basically the same as > using a grey card at the subject. It gives you a midpoint exposure, and if > most of your values fall to one side or the other of a grey value, you'll > be pretty darn close to a perfect exposure. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ - 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 .
