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That was an excellent link - really hit the spot. Thanks for that Chaz.

That link was excellent - really hit the spot. Thanks for that glenn

One out of four for me!!!

Bloody hell!!! This can be a a bit complicated can't it? Right, as i see it now, after some excellent replies (thanks everyone) don't believe everything you see on the LCD info screen - tweak as necessary. It's not a science as much as its an art - pesonal to the photographer and his/her...

Hmmm!!! Although I've gone completely off at a tangent, now, based on my original question, I need to do some more reading on this subject! How does an external meter, then, such as a sekonic meter - base its suggested numbers?

I'm really getting confused now - does an incident meter reading - from a Sekonic, say, produce a suggested reading based on 18 % grey? Still learning!

Really quite new to this but does an incident meter suggest settings for 18% grey and if so then does the above make sense? I'm probably getting the wrong end of the stick? thanks

Aside from my original question, does this mean, then, that if I meter (with an icident meter) , say f8 for a head shot then i should really open up to f5.6?

Is there an ideal portion of the histogram that skin tones should lie? For example I have been taking some portraits - normal caucasion skin and black hair against a white background and i can interpret where these tones lie on my histogram of a head shot. The black hair is noticable on the...

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yes i see what you mean terrywoodenpic i may be expecting too much because i understand very little about light meters I just expecteed to get a better exposure than the ones you can see.

EXIF data for above pictures (if this is any use) 1 ExposureTime : 1/160Sec FNumber : F4.0 ExposureProgram : Manual ISOSpeedRatings : 800 ExifVersion : 0221 DateTimeOriginal : 2009:12:24 16:01:03 DateTimeDigitized : 2009:12:24 16:01:03 ShutterSpeedValue : 1/160Sec ApertureValue ...

Ok I'm back in the land of the living again and will try to post some shots with the exif data and will take a picture of my meter and its settings but i know that i am not taking reflective readings - i have the dome raised and pointing at the camera - in fact if i could video the whole process...

definately not glenn

No filters...I know most photographers will say why are you using a lightmeter and not your histogram and reflective meter but this meter should surely give an accurate reading and this is the point of this thread - I really need to get to the bottom of it. thanks glenn