Thanks, Walt.
I don't have a big, smart meter like yours (I got no freebie with my
cheapie meter), but I think that we're both right. In my manual
(which I still have, even if I haven't read it :-)) it shows the
meter pointing towards the camera, but with a sun just above it. So
I suppose it measures the light source (incident light), but slightly
re-directed so as to soften the effect somewhat (see my original post
about above or below the horizon).
But my original post was after reading Michael Busselle's "The
Encyclopaedia of Photography": p.57: "An alternative method is to
make an incident light reading. this requires the use of a separate
meter with an incident light facility and the reading is made by
aiming the meter from the subject position towards the light source.
Thus it measures the light falling on the subject as opposed to that
reflected."
So I stick with my original stance. Although I might have been wrong
(oh no, I am having to admit wrongness again ... ;-)) in pooh-poohing
the E-500 manual's instructions, I maintain that the point of an
incident light reading is that you have to read the brightness of the
light source. You have to judge for yourself whether to aim it
directly at the source or to aim it at the camera to try to get the
right balance of light and shadow as seen by the camera lens.
I use my Sekonic with my RF645 when I have a filter on the lens,
since the camera's meter is outside the lens. I point the meter
towards the sun, but below the horizon. It has always worked well
for me. Admittedly it is with Ilford mono film which has a fair
amount of leeway, but it has been with a red filter which has been
tricky to quantify.
Chris
On 3 Sep 2006, at 16:06, Walt Wayman wrote:
> "The Hand Exposure Meter Book," by Martin S. Silverman, Jim
> Zuckerman, and Bob shell, published by the Photo Books Division,
> Mamiya American Corporation, which came as a freebie with my
> Sekonic L-718 meter, on pg. 10, under the heading "Taking an
> Incident Measurement" says:
>
> "Incident measurements are mainly taken from the subjet position,
> with the white hemispheric diffuser 'dome' of the meter facing the
> camera lens. The hemispheric diffuser simulates the effect of light
> on three-dimensional objects. The round shape of the dome allows
> light to fall on and around it. When properly positioned in front
> of the subject, with the dome facing the camera lens, you can note
> tht the balance and character of highlight and shadow falling on
> the subject is recreated on the dome itself."
>
> Walt
>
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