Sunny 16 and what else?

Sabineellen wrote:

IOW, yes the Gossen you cite is not as good as some other meters,
but it will likley do the job for you most of the time. You can
always spend more money if in doubt.

What's a good meter? I'm wondering between the sekonic 208 and gossen digisix,
or the sekonik 308 and gossen sixtomat (luna pro f digital in the US)...

i don't really need flash

If you're going to spend the money for the Sekonic 308 you might be better
off spending the few dollars extra for the 358. The 308 would drive me
crazy. No aperture priority. It actually handles a bunch of other things the
308 doesn't. You say you don't need flash. Do you want to buy a new meter
next year when you find you need the flash features? 308 just seems lacking
to me. OTOH it's not that cheap. I'd rather go smaller or bigger then the 308.

You can go to the B&H website and compare the feature lists of all the
flash you listed. See if any of those flashes are missing features you
really want.

Nick

"David J. Littleboy" wrote in message ...



IMHO, any and all of the above are fine _for what they are_. You'll get best
results using them as incident meters, either with the dome or a gray card.
Using them in averaging reflected mode will be less accurate.

If you want to take real control of your exposures and learn how to look at
a scene, decide what you want your film to look like, and to get that, you
need a spot meter and to learn the exposure parts of the zone system.

It's not hard. The books plugged at the following site will teach you what
you need.
http://www.spotmetering.com/

But you'll need a spot meter, and spot meters are a tad pricey.

David J. Littleboy
Tokyo, Japan

David, spot meters are a common feature in many cameras, whereas the
spot meter as an external device is quite pricey. Would a spot meter
as an external device be better than a camera's built-in one? Would a
spot meter be better than an incident meter for general use?

"Mike Henley" wrote:

It's not hard. The books plugged at the following site will teach you
what
you need.
http://www.spotmetering.com/

But you'll need a spot meter, and spot meters are a tad pricey.

David J. Littleboy
Tokyo, Japan

David, spot meters are a common feature in many cameras, whereas the
spot meter as an external device is quite pricey. Would a spot meter
as an external device be better than a camera's built-in one?

Camera spot meters often are not quite as tight as an external spot meter,
especially with wide angle lenses. So you don't get as precise readings. But
built-in spot meters are really convenient.

Would a
spot meter be better than an incident meter for general use?

Learning how to use a simple averaging reflected meter in both reflected and
incident modes first is the right order. Worry about spot metering later.

David J. Littleboy
Tokyo, Japan