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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 415345" data-attributes="member: 13090">The single biggest misconception about light meters, I think, is this: The job of the light meter is to correctly render exposure. This is is simply NOT correct. Put this idea OUT of your head and getting the exposure you want will be a cake walk.Drill into your head what the light meter’s job REALLY IS: providing you with a consistent, objective measurement based on a known value for you, the photographer, to make a subjective decision on regarding exposure. This is not just semantics. This is, I believe, a crucial turning point of understanding regarding how metering and exposing &quot;works&quot; in photography.The light meter does not assume: it objectively measures and calculates. The light meter does not get “fooled” or make the “wrong” suggestion: It objectively measures and calculates. The light meter is a tool of guidance; it is not the photographic equivalent of exposure &quot;auto pilot&quot;. ....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 415345, member: 13090"] The single biggest misconception about light meters, I think, is this: The job of the light meter is to correctly render exposure. This is is simply [B]NOT[/B] correct. Put this idea OUT of your head and getting the exposure you want will be a cake walk. Drill into your head what the light meter’s job REALLY IS: providing you with a consistent, objective measurement based on a known value for you, the photographer, to make a subjective decision on regarding exposure. This is not just semantics. This is, I believe, a crucial turning point of understanding regarding how metering and exposing "works" in photography. The light meter does not assume: it objectively measures and calculates. The light meter does not get “fooled” or make the “wrong” suggestion: It objectively measures and calculates. The light meter is a tool of guidance; it is not the photographic equivalent of exposure "auto pilot". [COLOR="#FFFFFF"]....[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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