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Subject: [OM] Re: incident meters
From: Jan Steinman <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 08:31:08 -0700
>From: "Titoy" <litefoot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>Whoa, if incident metering is the better one, and you could do it with a
>gray card in pocket, then the multispot metering of the om 4 series is not
>much of a necessity for most enthusiasts like us?

I would not call multi-spot metering "a necessity" at all. It can be useful in 
difficult situations. I rarely use it.

Sometimes I use it to check shadows and highlights by first taking a spot in 
Zone V (a gray card, if available), then taking one each in the darkest shadow 
and brightest highlight, then noting how different the average is from the Zone 
V spot.

Then after doing all that, I usually clear the memory and go with the Zone V 
spot. :-)

IMHO, multi-spot metering is worth more in "wow" factor than in reality.
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