P3D Re: Anti-meter sentiment in photo-3d?

[fj834@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Dr. George A. Themelis)]

>Dr. George A. Themelis mentions--again ;) -- his nearly-famous
>friend who "used a spot-meter in his first roll and got the entire
>roll 2-3 stops overexposed."

He is now in photo-3d too!

>If I told you about my first Sunny-16 stereo slides that were
>poorly exposed, would you blame Sunny-16?  

Paul, I never blamed the meter for my friend's poor exposures.
I blamed his inability to use the meter correctly.  The sunny
day rule is good for a non-demanding beginner like my friend
Ken (our club's secretary) who does not mind the plus or minus
one f-stop variations in his snapshots.  For a demanding 
photographer like yourself a good meter is a "must".  If you
want to study all the aspects of the "sunny day rule" and
variations, get one of those "Harris" photoguides.  Common sense
dictates that it is the position of the sun with respect to the
subject that matters...even if the subject is "out of this planet"
like the moon for example... And I know there is a guideline for
being under shadow... is it 4 or 5 f-stops?  Memorizing some of 
those settings and comparing them with the meter readings is always
good to do just in case you forgot to change the film speed in the
meter or the hemispherical dome got out of place, giving you
reflected instead of incident readings.

-- George Themelis


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