A simple spot meter does not require "contacts". A proper spot meter does not "weigh" anything. It should just give you an exposure that gives the same density for the measured item you would get were a gray card measured. Point it at snow and you get 18% gray snow. Point it at a black tux - poof! your man wears light charcoal! Of course his face is totally washed out. Point it at the tux, then the white shirt, split the difference and you get something printable. Using a spot meter can be tricky when you start out.
Regards, Bob... -------------------- "Let us contemplate our forefathers, and posterity, and resolve to maintain the rights bequeathed to us from the former, for the sake of the latter. The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance. Let us remember that 'if we suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it, and involve others in our doom.' It is a very serious consideration that millions yet unborn may be the miserable sharers of the event." - Samuel Adams, 1771 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph McAllister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PDML" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 1:22 PM Subject: Re: z1p and M lenses > on 1/9/02 20:33, Alan Chan opined: > > > I don't see why a simple spot meter requires 'A' contacts. > > Might have something to do with the exposure calculations in spot mode > needing to know the focal length and focus distance of the lens to weight > the reading. > > Or not... <grin> He's baaack! > > JoMac, Pentaxian > "Quadraphonic, Betamax, Macintosh, Pentax" > > above the rest. > k t, > s e n > Living life a w o > yet parallel to, and r > ever so slightly o u t -------> f > - > 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 .
