Incident is good for slides, if all the light is the same, or you move to
each variety of lighting in the scene (brightest, every shadow variation -
different things reflect into the shadows).
But that takes some time, especially in the mountains....
Technically (for negative films), you really just have to decide what you
want to register on the film given your film's top and bottom limits. So
spotmetering,if the spot is small enough, is ideal.
For slides, you want to previsualise what it will look like.
Tom
On Wednesday, January 30, 2002 at 21:48, Roger D. Key
<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote re "Re: [OM] alcohol; retro cameras" saying:
> Absolutely correct description, Walt. I think that incident light readings
> are almost always the best, if one has the time and the possibility. I use a
> couple of Weston Master V with Invercone attachments when I can...
>
> Roger Key
>
>
> Actually, I think a behind-the-lens meter would be making a direct
> reading. Incident readings are taken from the position of the
> subject and measure the light falling on the subject, as opposed
> to direct readings, which measure the light reflected by the
> subject. I have found incident readings to be generally superior
> to direct readings, and that is the method I use with all my
> medium format photography. Don't mean to be picky, but...
>
> Walt Wayman
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