Hi Dave, The readings match. The dome gives you an 18% reading. That is the advantage of the incident meter it measures the light not the reflectance of the subject.
Or to put it another way the incident meter gives you a Zone V reading and you don't have to do anything to figure that out. Then if you subject is predominately dark you open up one or two stops moving it up 1 or 2 Zones. If it is predominantly light open up one stop moving it down a zone. Only in the most extreme subjects do you need reflective reading which you do by taking close up readings of the light and dark areas. Then you figure which way you want to bias your exposure. Remember the incident reading will always be for Zone V on the film. That is it centers the exposure on the sensimetic curve. 98% of the time that will be a printable exposure, the other 2% of them are pretty obvious because the range is so extreme. Ciao, Graywolf ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: David Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 9:14 PM Subject: OT:Minolta IV now what? > Well i did it today.Bought a Used Minolta IV F > to use with the Yashica Mat.I did a test with > it and the meter ina Spotty and now i'm > confused.I took a reading in my drive way which > gave me a reading of F 8 at ISO 400 1/1000 > shutter.I then took a reflective reading on the > garage door which gave me at 1 1/000 f 16 with > the spotty.When i did a reflective on the grass > (18% grey) it read what the Minolta read,f > 8.Since i plan to use this mostly with the > meterless Yashica-Mat am i going to have to > factor in for relective??? ie: quesstimate a + > or- f stop,or shoot what the ambiant rewading > suggests. > I 'm pretty sure this has been disccussed but > some advise would be app. > Oh the meter also came with a flat white > diffuser and a clear reflected?panal. > Wouls it be best to use this reflective panel > instead of the ambiant dome?? > > Thanks > > Dave > > > Pentax User > Stouffville Ontario Canada > > Sign up today for your Free E-mail at: http://www.canoe.ca/CanoeMail > - > 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 .
