Dear me, no, Chuck! It's a good thing I don't do incident metering
much:-) But see my reply to the venerable Walt.
Chris
On 3 Sep 2006, at 16:09, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Didn't read your Sekonic manual, eh?
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> Chris Barker wrote:
>
>> William
>>
>> I had to think about this for a while; then I took my light meter
>> (little Sekonic 308) outside ...
>>
>> You don't point the dome at the camera. With the translucent dome
>> fitted over the sensor you point it at the light source to measure
>> _incident_ light. If you want to measure _reflected_ light you
>> remove the the dome and point it at the subject. How close to the
>> light source you point it is a matter of judgement; e.g. above the
>> horizon for the sun or below.
>>
>> I'm not sure what you might measure by pointing the meter at the
>> camera, unless you are photographing the camera ... :-)
>>
>> Chris
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