1. What is the difference between an incident light meter and a reflective light meter? Which is used in the DSLR camera?
A incident light meter is faced toward the camera from the position of the subject. It measures the light falling on a subject. A reflective light meter can be hand held or built into a camera and is aimed at a subject to make a reading. It measures the luminanace (commonly called the brightness) of a subject. The reflective light meter is used in the DSLR camera.
2. Describe how a center weighted meter works.
The meter averages all the light in the scene but weights its average to give more emphasis to the area at the center of the viewfinder than to the surrounding area.
3. What lighting situations can cause the cameras light meter to not work properly?
A center weighted meter can give an inaccurate reading if the subject is at the side of the frame and the surroundings are much lighter or darker than it is.
4. What are the steps to over come a misleading reading?
Move in close to meter a subject against a much lighter background. Tilt the meter down to exclude a bright sky when you meter a landscape.
5. In a reflected light meter, what is the tonal value the meter “see” and recommends as the exposure?
Middle gary. It averages all the tones in its angle in view and then calculates a combination of f-stop and shutter speed that will produce middle gray in a print.
6. Explain in your own words how to make a white object white when using an averaging meter?
To make a white object white when using an averaging meter you give one more stop exposure indicated by the meter, for usually pale give two stops more.
7. Explain in your own words how to make a black object black when using an averaging meter?
To make a black object black when using an averaging meter you use the exposure indicated by the meter.
A incident light meter is faced toward the camera from the position of the subject. It measures the light falling on a subject. A reflective light meter can be hand held or built into a camera and is aimed at a subject to make a reading. It measures the luminanace (commonly called the brightness) of a subject. The reflective light meter is used in the DSLR camera.
2. Describe how a center weighted meter works.
The meter averages all the light in the scene but weights its average to give more emphasis to the area at the center of the viewfinder than to the surrounding area.
3. What lighting situations can cause the cameras light meter to not work properly?
A center weighted meter can give an inaccurate reading if the subject is at the side of the frame and the surroundings are much lighter or darker than it is.
4. What are the steps to over come a misleading reading?
Move in close to meter a subject against a much lighter background. Tilt the meter down to exclude a bright sky when you meter a landscape.
5. In a reflected light meter, what is the tonal value the meter “see” and recommends as the exposure?
Middle gary. It averages all the tones in its angle in view and then calculates a combination of f-stop and shutter speed that will produce middle gray in a print.
6. Explain in your own words how to make a white object white when using an averaging meter?
To make a white object white when using an averaging meter you give one more stop exposure indicated by the meter, for usually pale give two stops more.
7. Explain in your own words how to make a black object black when using an averaging meter?
To make a black object black when using an averaging meter you use the exposure indicated by the meter.