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Best, shortest response I've seen in a while - Thanks!
Lenny
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[QUOTE=Vaughn;439847]Funny...the first thing I did when I got my "Zoned" Pentax DS was to remove the sticker. Unfortunately, it came off in pieces or else I would send it to you.
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Vaughn, what is your approach to exposure & metering? I have a 'Zone VI modified Soligor spot meter that I bought from Fred (Fred Picker) way back in the way back. I also have an unmodified Soligor bought a few years ago and unused. My son didn't take to photography unfortunately. No time. Now that I'm reading this I will get both out and check them loosely to see if they agree. Not scientific but interesting.
Like Alan Ross I too have a "Pocket Spot" from Metered Light. It has the Zone System etched right into the dial. My very old Luna Pro has the zones on the dial.
As to the Zone System people seem to fall into three categories. Those who use it absolutely, those who don't use it at all, and those who say they "use a kind-a modified zone system!"
I like the Pocket Spot due to its size and function. I get enough of visual displays on my iPhone. Speaking of which I have an app called "Pocket Light Meter." It is so close to "real" meters that I wonder about the whole subject!
I have tried the Iphone light meters against my Pentax spot and find them wrong enough that I can't trust them for serious work. I was hoping for a dependable handy backup. I have an Iphone 4. The slightest flare throws them off.I like the Pocket Spot due to its size and function. I get enough of visual displays on my iPhone. Speaking of which I have an app called "Pocket Light Meter." It is so close to "real" meters that I wonder about the whole subject!
Thanks,
Kirk
at age 73:
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep"
That is why I am taking my spot meter with me to England next month, the phone is fun and interesting but it wasn't designed as a light meter per se. I figure if I have time to pull out an iPhone then I have time to pull out a light meter.
I just use the numbers read off the meter. If I read a 4 to 8 light range on the meter, then generally I expose at 6 (two stops less exposure than a shadow reading where I want detail) -- then develop more to get the '8' (falls in Zone VII with normal development) to stretch out to Zone X or so for carbon printing -- perhaps 100% additional development). I just do not need to see the zones on the dial...they just get in the way.
"Landscapes exist in the material world yet soar in the realms of the spirit..." Tsung Ping, 5th Century China
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