Re: Incident Light metering!

[P3D George Gioumousis <georggms@xxxxxxxxxx>]

P3D call wrote
> 
> Reference to the above.  The simplest method I've used with a reflective 
> light meter (i.e. the TTL meter inside my camera) has been 'off the back 
> of my hand'!  This was particularly effective on a skiing holiday where, 
> otherwise, everyone turns out as silhuettes.
> 
The color of the back of my hand varies very much depending on the season.
My palm, OTH, never gets tanned, but it is lighter than an 18% gray card;
thus one stop less exposure than the meter says. Ansel Adams said that 
people's palm have pretty constant reflectance, irrespective of skin color.
>
> By the way,  the best incident light metering system ever was/is the 
> Invercone on the Weston lightmeter:  this is designed so that it can 
> even calculate back lighting.
I use my Weston with my Realist format camera. Has any tried adapting
an Invercone to a TTL SLR?
>
> -- 
> Tony Shapps
> THE WIDESCREEN CENTRE  48, DORSET STREET, LONDON W1H 3FH
> Web page:   http://www.gold.net/users/ac01/widescreen
> 
> 


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