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Re: [OM] spot meter the moon?

Subject: Re: [OM] spot meter the moon?
From: "Terry and Tracey" <foxcroft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 11:23:35 +1100
The Oly spot meter is 2 degrees of field of view. So if you put a 300mm on,
the spot meter meters 2 degrees of a smaller angle. Effectively a variable
angle spot meter.

Try Mike Covington's web page for an astronomy exposure calculator.

http://www.mindspring.com/~covington

Foxy

-----Original Message-----

>The moon is about 1/2 degree across as observed from earth.  Just how
>narrow (in degrees) is Oly's spot metering?  Just curious since someone was
>suggesting metering  the different levels in the moon's image to get better
>results than the sunny 16 could provide.
>
>Patrick




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