Not all cameras have a through-the-lens meter. In some the meter cell just looks forwards off the face of the camera. That's still a reflected-light reading, unless it has a diffuser attachment for incident readings.
Do you use TTL, Sunny 16, Hand Meters either incident or reflective/spot etc?
I have a book by Roger Hicks and Frances Shultz called Perfect Exposure From Theory To Practice.
the Spectra is the most complex to use (but the sexiest)...
Studio Deluxe users might disagree, although I confess that Spectra is pretty hot. Complex, how?
It depends on how I feel, the camera I am shooting with and the subject...
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The Sekonic L-358 is gone now, there are some issues with the Gossen Variosix F (bad contact with the +5 diffusor dome) and the Spectra is the most complex to use (but the sexiest)...
The Pentax Digital Spot meter and the Gossen Digipro F are the favourites now.
Very nice collection!
It doesn't necessarily have to be equivalent to 'P'.
If your camera has a through-the-lens meter, then Shutter-priority or Aperture-priority auto-exposure mode, or Program mode, or metered-Manual mode all use a reflected-light meter reading.
In a Program mode, cameras often have a program-shift function, where you can use the program, but bias it to favour a fast shutter at the expense of aperture more than the default program would; or the opposite, favouring stopping down at the expense of a slower shutter.
Then there's more variation available in how a TTL reflected-light reading is distributed across the frame: spot, centre-weighted average, etc.
I remember there being an accessory you could buy that's a diffuser-dome to fit the front of a standard lens, that even allows you to use the TTL meter for incident-light readings (fit the dome, and point the camera away from your scene, toward the light, to meter before taking your photo in manual). I think it must have been the 80s when I saw that. I never bought one.
Not all cameras have a through-the-lens meter. In some the meter cell just looks forwards off the face of the camera. That's still a reflected-light reading, unless it has a diffuser attachment for incident readings.
I am wondering how you folks here on Photrio (APUG) go about exposing your monochrome films? Do you use TTL, Sunny 16, Hand Meters either incident or reflective/spot etc?
I thought that this might be both a fun and an educative discussion for us all to enjoy.
Only Pentax digital spotmeter, wether MF or LF. Works great, but it is not a fast process.
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