At 02:23 10.4.2002 -0500, Bolo wrote: >I don't have a spotmeter, so perhaps the simple answer to this is >"wait until you have a spotmeter", but ... What did you meter and >what did you try to achieve with the metering? > >Off-hand guesses are going for shadow detail in the shore on the >right side of the photo, which comes out quite detailed. Or, >do you look for a middle gray somewhere for overall exposure? >Or ...?
I take a lot of Atmospheric phenomena photos (Rainbow, Halos, Corona, Clouds, Mirages...). Usually with Rainbow/Halos (brighter than the ambient), I use the internal meter (center weighted or multi segment) and go 1 to 2 stops under and it is good to bracket a lot. Very often the lighting situation is quite tricky and it is very hard to tell how to meter to get the most pleasing image. I suggest you just bracket a lot and you'll end up with a couple of very pleasing pictures / roll ;-) Now that I think about it, I may have never used a spotmeter with these, except the built in one on the Z-1. If you want to look at "The" Professional Atmospheric Phenomena Photographer web-pages, take a look at http://www.polarimage.fi. He is a friend of mine and has a collection of approx. 50,000 such images. Go and try match those photos... shot with 35mm gear! Antti-Pekka --- * Antti-Pekka Virjonen * Fiskarsinkatu 7 D * GSM: +358 400 789753 * * Computec Oy Turku * FIN-20750 Turku Finland * Fax: +358 2 413 7777 * - 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 .
