Well... I wouldn't say that.
I read your comment and thought "Way to go, Bill! Whatever works."
On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 7:02 PM, Bill Pearce <billcpearce@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> and then ends
> up with the same exposure as if they would have just stuck in incident
> meter
> in the air to begin with.
>
> How right you are. When I was shooting a lot of MF film, I didn't have the
> luxury of having sophisticated in-camera metering systems, since Hasselblad
> never did that very well. I suppose you could say that they have with the
> digital ones now, but then that's really saying that Fuji got it. But I
> digress.
>
> I have a Minolta incident meter That never sees use now. I would just stand
> behind the camera, hold the meter over my head with the sphere pointing to
> the back, and punch the button. Never failed. Never. But then I also used a
> Quantum strobe on Auto and got great results, too, much easier than with
> the
> new TTL flashes.
>
> OK, I know what you are saying, he's just luck and just shot film with
> great
> latitude and hit the jackpot like anyone could. OK.
>
> Bill Pearce
>
>
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