[LargeFormat] Exposure Introduction - Reflective Meters

[Clive Warren]

At 5:50 pm -0400 18/6/02, Joseph O'Neil wrote:
>big snip
>>Also, I've heard that he used the zone
>>system to his advantage to a point where light meters were 
>>unnecessary for him.  Is that
>>true?
>
>         No, it's experience.  I have a friend, photographer for 40 
>years.  He  guesses the meter setting for his old Nikon F by naked 
>eye within one stop under just about any light condition, indoors or 
>outside.  Sen other guys do it too.
>joe

That's a dialogue meter - they are the most expensive to run and need 
regular feeding or they go out a stop or two.... I have got used to 
Robert Lawrence watching me use the analogue Pentax spot meter, 
shadows, highlights, midtones  and then announce the exposure 
accurate to 1/3 stop just before I set up the shutter....... he only 
does it to irritate me ;-)

Cheers,
        Clive