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01/26/2005 07:19:29 AM · #1 |
can anybody explain me what it is, when to use/not to use it, how it is
diferent from other types of metering, etc. thank you |
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01/26/2005 07:30:14 AM · #2 |
Spot meter decides the "right" exposure of a specific spot. You use it when you need some small part of the image rightly exposed but it other parts may be blown out or dark.
Other meters are f. inst. average meter and center weighted average. The average meter looks at the whole frame and decides the exposure based on that. Center weighted average works pretty much the same but the center adds more to the exposure decition than the edges of the frame.
There are pros anc coins in all this meters and it depends on the cituation whats works best.
Message edited by author 2005-01-26 07:31:24. |
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01/26/2005 07:35:18 AM · #3 |
Originally posted by garlic:
Spot meter decides the "right" exposure of a specific spot. ... |
"Right" means the exposure necessary to render the spot as an average tone. Often a person will use a spot meter to help out in tricky lighting situations. For example, if you have a photo with some snow, you can spot meter off the snow and then adjust the settings to let 1 1/5 or 2 more "stops" of light in so the snow will shop up properly white.
For point & shoot camera, spot metering is handy for backlit situations to trick the camera into choosing more appropriate exposure. |
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01/26/2005 08:06:40 AM · #4 |
| ok, it's clearer now. thanks |
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01/26/2005 11:19:41 AM · #5 |
or you could use the spot meter to radically 'change' the available light - example: a bright bird captured against a wall of coniferous trees. If you meter on and expose according to the light values of the bird, you might render the trees solid black and, thus, non-existent. I often use this method to isolate a subject.
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01/26/2005 11:37:45 AM · #6 |
| My camera is almost always set on spot metering. it is fast way to explore the multiple possibilities you have to balance the light and contrast in a give scene. |
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01/26/2005 11:44:49 AM · #7 |
(JJ, how was Montreal? -The girls are still talking about you... ;-)
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01/26/2005 11:54:32 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by jjbeguin:
My camera is almost always set on spot metering. it is fast way to explore the multiple possibilities you have to balance the light and contrast in a give scene. |
I agree, although there are times when a handheld spotmeter and its narrower 1 degree fov would be nice.
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01/26/2005 12:07:49 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by zeuszen:
(JJ, how was Montreal? -The girls are still talking about you... ;-) |
Montreal made me buy gloves, wear long underware and silly hats. besides that, the girls are so very indiscreet. |
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01/26/2005 12:28:00 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by jjbeguin:
Originally posted by zeuszen:
(JJ, how was Montreal? -The girls are still talking about you... ;-) |
Montreal made me buy gloves, wear long underware and silly hats. besides that, the girls are so very indiscreet. |
(The girls were more discreet than I let on, although the topics remain wildly unpredictable and light. You make 'underwear' sound like porcelain... The cherries blossom in the west.)
Message edited by author 2005-01-26 12:28:52.
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