I shoot Velvia for landscape shots. I am sometimnes confused which is best when I have the option of taking an incident reading and a spot reading. For exampl e, on a bright sunny day, when the sun is illuminating the subject the same as i t is illuminating the camera, shouldn't both the incident reading at the camera and spot reading from the camera looking at the subject be the same? (assuming the subject is 18% reflective) I rarely find this the case. It seems that sinc e the incident reading is reading direct light from above, it does not have any losses in the process of being reflected in all different directions, thereby al lowing only some of the reflected light to enter the spot meter. So should they be the same readings? When you have the option of using both, which would be c onsidered more accurate? Thanks in advance for your help.
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