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I've managed to get a nice 2nd hand light meter (Minolta IV).
in my lounge here, with multiple bright ceiling spot lights only... (night time)
if i rest the meter on a shelf (next to an ornament for example, or even just in front of it) and e.g. change to ISO 500, f4, then i would get a meter reading of 1/30s.
when i take the picture though it appears to be under-exposed by around 1/2 stop or more.
I am just guessing here, but it 'looks' like the ceiling spot lighting is too strong only on the top of the dome...and so this is detecting too much light, even though the dome is directed exactly towards the camera lens...
So, if the ornament I am photographing has a flat front, it perhaps isn't catching light from directly above it as much as the dome on the light meter is.
rotating the meter so the dome is underneath or shaded slightly by the meter has the opposite effect of course, and introduces too much shadow.
does it/will it...work if i swap out the dome and instead use the fitting for the reflective metering system, but use the meter itself as an incident meter...i.e., since there is no dome to catch the ceiling lights as so strongly, would it instead be slightly more accurate?
however, in more even lighting, the readings appear to be much more accurate (at least when i remember to meter by not standing in the way of the incoming light and so blocking it).
in my lounge here, with multiple bright ceiling spot lights only... (night time)
if i rest the meter on a shelf (next to an ornament for example, or even just in front of it) and e.g. change to ISO 500, f4, then i would get a meter reading of 1/30s.
when i take the picture though it appears to be under-exposed by around 1/2 stop or more.
I am just guessing here, but it 'looks' like the ceiling spot lighting is too strong only on the top of the dome...and so this is detecting too much light, even though the dome is directed exactly towards the camera lens...
So, if the ornament I am photographing has a flat front, it perhaps isn't catching light from directly above it as much as the dome on the light meter is.
rotating the meter so the dome is underneath or shaded slightly by the meter has the opposite effect of course, and introduces too much shadow.
does it/will it...work if i swap out the dome and instead use the fitting for the reflective metering system, but use the meter itself as an incident meter...i.e., since there is no dome to catch the ceiling lights as so strongly, would it instead be slightly more accurate?
however, in more even lighting, the readings appear to be much more accurate (at least when i remember to meter by not standing in the way of the incoming light and so blocking it).