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<blockquote data-quote="STM" data-source="post: 743772" data-attributes="member: 12827"><p>The best application of spot metering is still Ansel Adams' Zone System. It is not just for black and white film, it can also be used with digital. I have always been distrustful of camera meters, regardless of how sophisticated they are touted to be. The best photography meter is the one between our ears. I got a Pentax Spotmeter V 1º degree spot meter in 1983 and I am still using it, not only with film but also with digital. No camera meter can know what you want to do with a scene, only you do. There is an outstanding book out, I have both the first and latest editions. It is entitled <em>The Practical Zone System</em> by Chris Johnson. In addition to delving into the black and white film aspect of the Zone System, he also discusses the application in digital as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="STM, post: 743772, member: 12827"] The best application of spot metering is still Ansel Adams' Zone System. It is not just for black and white film, it can also be used with digital. I have always been distrustful of camera meters, regardless of how sophisticated they are touted to be. The best photography meter is the one between our ears. I got a Pentax Spotmeter V 1º degree spot meter in 1983 and I am still using it, not only with film but also with digital. No camera meter can know what you want to do with a scene, only you do. There is an outstanding book out, I have both the first and latest editions. It is entitled [I]The Practical Zone System[/I] by Chris Johnson. In addition to delving into the black and white film aspect of the Zone System, he also discusses the application in digital as well. [/QUOTE]
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