Re: Spot meter for HSI

[George L Smyth <GLSmyth@xxxxxxx>]

Joseph O'Neil wrote:
> 
>         Ah well, back to IR  - spring is comming, I've got a box of HSI, and ready
> to rock and roll.  One question I have - I normally use a hand held Sekonic
> light meter, and sorta figure my way out from that.  I just bought,  a
> couple days ago,  a Pentax spot meter (yeah!), analog type.  Has anyone
> here used a spot meter for HSI, and if so, how you you use it, rate your
> HSI at, etc?

I use a spotmeter when shooting HSI.  I use it (with a #25 filter over the
meter) to measure the shadow areas I wish to include in the scene and adjust
from there.  Of course, the scene at hand will determine how many stops from my
reading I will end up at.  Remember that the shadow areas will not expose as
well as "regular" B&W film, so a bit of testing and "getting used to the system"
is appropriate.

Cheers -

george

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