"J. C. O'Connell" wrote: > > > Wrong! All built in camera meters are only accurate when aimed at > a subject with 18 % reflectance. Try taking a picture of a white > car or a black car using a built in camera meter. You will get > two different readings BOTH of which are wrong.
Of course. But we're assuming some ability to judge the reflectivity of the subject matter and a subsequent exposure compensation. Knowing my LX, and how its meter responds I would shot the white car with the exposure compensation dial set between 2X and 3X, and I would shoot the black car at -2X. Based on experience, I can say that these would fall within 1/2 stop of my incident meter reading. And, based on experience, the exposures would be slightly superior, because I would be shooting in ap priority mode and taking advantage of the stepless shutter speed, rather than merely picking a half stop detent and fixed shutter speed. But I like the incident meter, and use it extensively. Paul - 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 .
