> Number 3. Some claim that using an incident light meter always > gives the > best exposure. Bull. Example: You are taking a photo of a bride and groom. > The groom in wearing black with some pattern in his tux you want to > reproduce as best as possible. The bride is wearing white with delicate > white patterns you want to reproduce as best as possible. The goal here is > more about getting the extremes within the latitude of the film and (if > necessary) adjusting other areas in the darkroom. It's about > getting as much > information on the film as possible to give you choices later. > This will not > necessarily work by simply using an incident light meter. It > depends on the > characteristics of the film and how it works at the gray scale edges.
The incidence metering technique gives the best POSSIBLE exposure with a given film. But the only way to capture what your talking about is to change to lower contrast film, using a spot meter or an in camera meter with the same film/developer is not going to help one bit.... JCO - 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 .
