There's often no medium toned object in my photos....fortunately I'm smart
enough to meter something brighter or darker and apply the appropriate
corrections to the spot reading :)
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Chris Crawford
Photography & Graphic Design
Santa Fe, New Mexico
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On 2/8/07 5:41 PM, "usher99@xxxxxxx" <usher99@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> "If all I ever shot with was my Oms with available light, I'd not have spent
> the money on spot meters or the incident light meter."
>
> I dare say Dr. Flash may disagree, assuming he has e-mail access during his
> move. What if there is no medium toned object to meter in the same light?
> Incident light meter would obviate this problem. Be that as it may, am not
> sure some complex zooms don't lose some light and exposure may be off not
> metered TTL, unless the light loss is accounted for. I also don't trust
> using 1 stop for a 1.4 TC or 2 for 2X either. When I directly measured
> light loss on a 4 element Tokina 2X converter it was only -2/3 stop. The Viv
> S1 converter to go 1:1 metered at -2 stops as expected. (used the Z. 50 /3.5
> with an evenly lit light wall)
>
> Mike
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