Better Results with the Incident Light Metering Method Handheld exposure meters make use of the incident light metering method, i.e. they measure the light which strikes the subject and calculate a more precise exposure independent of the subject’s color and reflectivity. This is especially advantageous for primarily bright or dark subjects. In the case ofRead more
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In the dark or at night, long exposure times are required which exceed the camera’s limit of 30 seconds. External exposure meters conduct measurement for as long as 60 minutes and deliver exposure values even where only little light is available. Either remote shutter release or shutter release with automatic timer is used for theseRead more
Adjusting Lighting Contrast in the Studio In studio photography, lighting contrast is selected depending on the desired visual message and image impact. It can be defined as the relationships which exist amongst key light, fill-in light, edge light and background light. The handheld exposure meter based on the incident light metering method is held upRead more
Neutral-density (ND) filters have very high filter factors (2 … 1000) for exposure. Especially where very dense filters are used, long, application-oriented exposure times are achieved which exceed than the camera’s maximum exposure time of 30 seconds. The cameras must be operated in the time exposure mode in this case (bulb setting), for which exposureRead more
Strobists frequently work with several, manually adjustable compact flash units and simple wireless triggering devices. Overall exposure as well as the relationships amongst the individual flash units can’t be measured with the camera and can thus only be determined experimentally, which is extremely time-consuming. With the help of an external exposure meter, overall exposure asRead more
Some exposure meters are also capable of reading out photometric measured quantities such illuminance in lux or cd/m². As a rule, uniform illumination is assured by cinematographers and lighting technicians by measuring illuminance in lux. And thus with the CINE function, the external exposure meter also delivers these photometric measured quantities in addition to filmRead more
Flash is frequently used for fill-in together with continuous light in order to brighten up shadows or to obtain more brilliance and color saturation with diffuse illumination. TTL flash control included with modern cameras supports this application for matching system flash units, but the results are usually incomprehensible to the user and can’t be significantlyRead more
HDR photography attempts to capture subject contrast which can’t be covered by a single exposure through the use of several recordings of varying exposure, after which the images are totalized with the help of software so that areas within a recording without image information (detail) are replaced by variously exposed recordings within which these areasRead more
