:o)

[cameraguy]

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ August 30, 2003 05:46 AM: Message edited by: cameraguy ]</font>

[Alex]

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[Greg Crawford]

Apparently you don't

You gotta be kidding

[cameraguy]

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ August 30, 2003 05:46 AM: Message edited by: cameraguy ]</font>

[Greg Crawford]

cameraguy,

I love it! The man is one with his emulsion in a Zen kind of way.

Or as the old press photographers would say, F-8 and be there!!

[Mike Buckles]

My uncle was telling me, back in the 60's. when he was taking slides, the camera he had didn't have a light meter...he had to go by the film box instructions, the camera book, and the situation at hand, and he is just a holidays-only type of picture taker. I like having cameras with light meters, but I also want to pay attention to what the light meter says, so I can kind of develop a feel for what f-stops are required in different situations.

[TA 152]

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ August 28, 2003 04:47 AM: Message edited by: S8 Booster ]</font>

[Greg Crawford]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size=2 face="verdana, sans-serif">quote:</font><table border="0" width="90%" bgcolor="#333333" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="100%"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#FF9900"><tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#DDDDDD"><font size=2 face="verdana, sans-serif">Originally posted by S8 Booster: Their on location light metering method If nothing else available: Point the cam at yo hand read the internal lightmeter value and lock the aperture. Pretty good greycard for light reflection. </font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></BLOCKQUOTE>

What you described would be placing skin (Caucasian) on Zone VI.

That is exactly the right place to place skin on the Zone system gray scale.

[Actor]

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What you described would be placing skin (Caucasian) on Zone VI.
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No. What he described would place it in Zone V.

[Actor]

Even with a light meter there are going to be times when you have only one chance to get the shot, and it comes out all wrong. Without a light meter those times are going to be more frequent.