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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Lens tilt/shift/swing exposure compensation | |
I used a Sekonic Studio Deluxe II L-398M incident light meter for my MF/LF shooting, and the results were very reliable, even with fairly extreme movements (unless it got to 'hard' vignetting').
A spot meter is very handy if you're using the "Zone System", but I never got into that.
I think the requirement to adjust exposure for T-S movements and even for different Alt lenses "straight up", is related to the way "reflected light" meters are implemented in modern cameras. The in-camera meter has a specific number of discrete light measurement locations, and (esp. for DSLR) the camera "thinks it knows" how internal illumination varies for "known" lenses. IOW, if you're using a "system" lens, then the camera really does know how to behave. If you're using an Alt lens and/or movements, then the camera is at a disadvantage, and so are your exposure settings, based on the in-camera meter.
Fortunately, with modern DSLR, you can take a test image and check the histogram. Sort of like shooting a Polaroid to check your exposure, but different (on many levels).
I've always sort of half-thought that my old Seikonic meter could do a better job of metering for my T-S lenses on DSLR than the camera itself. Maybe I should dust it off...
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