----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony Farr" Subject: Re: Incident meter suggestions wanted
> > At the college where I trained as a photographer, the standard light meter > (which we had to purchase ourselves) was either a Weston Euromaster or a > Gossen Lunasix. These had no flat discs, so we learned to measure lighting > ratios with the incident dome (called Invercone on the Weston). Thus it is > usual for me (and quicker because it avoids a change of attachment) to > measure lighting ratios with the Lumisphere. It just means that I need to > take more care of light from another source spilling into the reading area, > so I usually only turn on the lights being measured which is more accurate > in a studio anyway. Heres a little trick I learned a while back. Take a reading with the fill light only. Adjust it until you have the desired f/stop. Take a reading with the main and fill light. Your lighting ratio is the number of stops increase between the two readings. Hair and background lights are adjusted independantly, but at least getting the fill ratio is fairly easy. William Robb
