But the difference in size between the average meter and most cameras is tremendous. Cameras can range from small range-finders to ultra large-format. Most meters can easily be put in a pocket, not so with most cameras. BTW, I'd love to see or know which cameras you have owned with built-in incident metering.There are petite and huge cameras. About the same for meters.
But the difference in size between the average meter and most cameras is tremendous. Cameras can range from small range-finders to ultra large-format. Most meters can easily be put in a pocket, not so with most cameras. BTW, I'd love to see or know which cameras you have owned with built-in incident metering.
But the difference in size between the average meter and most cameras is tremendous. Cameras can range from small range-finders to ultra large-format. Most meters can easily be put in a pocket, not so with most cameras. BTW, I'd love to see or know which cameras you have owned with built-in incident metering.
Using a hand held meter is more convenient especially if the camera is mounted on a tripod.I do not understand your point at all.
What difference it makes whether one brings the camera or a meter to the subject?
(I leave aside mass and volume, which may matter in either case.)
Furthermore, at many situations incident lighting is the same at camera and subject location.
There were indeed cameras with built-in incident-lighting meter, I myself got two of them, including my very first camera.
...Does anyone else find themselves using a handheld meter even when their camera has a functional internal meter?
An incident meter built-in to a camera would be pretty ridiculous, since incident light should be measured at the subject's position, not the taking position. You might as well use a handheld incident meter at that point.
Thank you!
Making myself such a dome is long time on my to-do list. And I was in the belief that no TTL SLR camera had such in their accessory range. Thus my remark above at my listing.
(By the way, I never came across any Topcon camera or accessory.)
That's my approach too. My Canon F1-N, T90, EF and Minolta Dynax 7's all agree to within a half stop. Allowing for metering pattern differences I'm happy with the results.No. Although I do have a Gossen LunaPro digital and I do use it with the cameras which do not have a built in meter and those with broken or inaccurate meters, I do not use the hand held meter when using cameras with known good meters.
You have a great meter. Other than reducing bulk, what other functionality do you need/want?That's my approach too. My Canon F1-N, T90, EF and Minolta Dynax 7's all agree to within a half stop. Allowing for metering pattern differences I'm happy with the results.
I'm itching to get out again with my Mamiya RZ67 and Gossen Profisix, (Luna Pro SBC), with Gosen Profispot attachment. I know it's a bulky old school meter but I can't yet justify a high-end Sekonic meter. One of these days...
The diffuser disk certainly needs to be used correctly to work as it should!Putting one of those diffuser discs on a lens does not turn an in-camera reflective meter into an incident meter. It still measures the light reflected off the subject and not the light falling on the subject, unless of course you take your diffuser equipped camera over to where the subject is and aim it back to the spot from which you intend to take the picture. Those diffuser discs were invented by someone who well knew that you can sell pretty much any gadget to a photographer, since most photographers think that the only thing holding them back from fame and fortune is their camera.
Putting one of those diffuser discs on a lens does not turn an in-camera reflective meter into an incident meter. It still measures the light reflected off the subject and not the light falling on the subject, unless of course you take your diffuser equipped camera over to where the subject is and aim it back to the spot from which you intend to take the picture.
The Expodisc manual does say to go over to the subject and aim it back toward the spot from which you will be taking the photo. I wonder how many people with an ExpoDisc do that. With the advent of digital cameras, the manufacturer also suggests that you use the ExpoDisc to set white balance.I assume that would be the way they were intended to be used.
The Kodak Retina III manual, on page 36, is perfectly clear about the proper metering technique.Well, whatever the manual says, it makes no sense to point a diffuser dome AT a subject. We must still use our brains despite what manuals may say.
deletedPutting one of those diffuser discs on a lens does not turn an in-camera reflective meter into an incident meter. It still measures the light reflected off the subject and not the light falling on the subject, unless of course you take your diffuser equipped camera over to where the subject is and aim it back to the spot from which you intend to take the picture. Those diffuser discs were invented by someone who well knew that you can sell pretty much any gadget to a photographer, since most photographers think that the only thing holding them back from fame and fortune is their camera. If you think your photography will be improved by having an incident meter, buy an incident meter. The upsides are that you will actually get an incident light reading and, more importantly, you won't have to to screw the diffuser disc on and off your lens every time you want to take a picture.
Putting one of those diffuser discs on a lens does not turn an in-camera reflective meter into an incident meter. It still measures the light reflected off the subject and not the light falling on the subject, unless of course you take your diffuser equipped camera over to where the subject is and aim it back to the spot from which you intend to take the picture. Those diffuser discs were invented by someone who well knew that you can sell pretty much any gadget to a photographer, since most photographers think that the only thing holding them back from fame and fortune is their camera. If you think your photography will be improved by having an incident meter, buy an incident meter. The upsides are that you will actually get an incident light reading and, more importantly, you won't have to to screw the diffuser disc on and off your lens every time you want to take a picture.
True, unless the user is a practitioner of Dunn’s duplex metering method.One characteristic not sufficient pointed out with a 'diffusion disk incident light adapter' is the fact that the flat disk is really best suited for metering light falling upon FLAT ART, whereas a diffusion hemisphere (like the Topcon accessory) is better suited to the 3D subject.
True, unless the user is a practitioner of Dunn’s duplex metering method.
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