Jamie Roberts Posted June 28, 2009 Share #41 Posted June 28, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) {snipped} the M8 does seem to meter almost as a spot meter from something central in the photo and that can often be a slightly dark area if if one does not count it as shadow. You're right--the M8 meter is extremely center-weighted and almost like a spot (though not narrow enough really)... Just remember if you're pointing it at something dark it will raise that thing "up" to lower-middle gray, so unless there's lots of detail where you're pointing it and you don't care about anything else, then make sure you stop down to put the shadows where they belong. The incident meter helps you do that. BTW--with the incident, you should still be blowing speculars if you have them. Just as a test, go outside on your sunny day, use the incident meter and take a picture of something shiny in the sun. The highlights there should blow out (because the exposure value of a reflection is (from a perfectly reflected surface) the same as the source. Just so you know if you're shooting pics at a car show in the sun or something and there's lots of chrome Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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