Vocabulary
Questions/Answers
1. What is the difference between an incident light meter and a reflective light meter? Which is used in the DSLR camera?
The incident light meter measures the light coming onto the subject while the reflective light meter is the light reflecting off of the subject. The reflective light meter is what is used in the DSLR camera.
2. Describe how a center weighted meter works.
A center weighted meter that averages the light reflecting onto the scene and weights its average to “...give more emphasis to the area in the center of the viewfinder than to the surrounding areas.”
3. What lighting situations can cause the camera’s light meter to not work properly?
In a setting that includes not enough light and dark elements (snow), the light meter will not work properly. This also happens when you are photographing a dark subject in a bright background.
4. What are the steps to overcome a misleading reading?
Some steps to overcome a misleading reading include using a reflective and incident light meter to measure the total light in a scene, rather than using an average. You then adjust the f-stop and shutter speed according to the reading you get through your meters.
5. In a reflected light meter, what is the tonal value the meter “see” and recommends as the exposure?
The tonal value though a reflective light meter is middle gray and it will give you combination of f-stops and shutter speeds to use to get an accurate amount of light in the photo.
6. Explain in your own words how to make a white object white when using an averaging meter?
To photograph a white subject, you increase the exposure by 2 stops on you camera, rather than what the area meter recommends.
7. Explain in your own words how to make a black object black when using an averaging meter?
To make a black subject appear on film, decrease the exposure to eliminate the middle gray.
The incident light meter measures the light coming onto the subject while the reflective light meter is the light reflecting off of the subject. The reflective light meter is what is used in the DSLR camera.
2. Describe how a center weighted meter works.
A center weighted meter that averages the light reflecting onto the scene and weights its average to “...give more emphasis to the area in the center of the viewfinder than to the surrounding areas.”
3. What lighting situations can cause the camera’s light meter to not work properly?
In a setting that includes not enough light and dark elements (snow), the light meter will not work properly. This also happens when you are photographing a dark subject in a bright background.
4. What are the steps to overcome a misleading reading?
Some steps to overcome a misleading reading include using a reflective and incident light meter to measure the total light in a scene, rather than using an average. You then adjust the f-stop and shutter speed according to the reading you get through your meters.
5. In a reflected light meter, what is the tonal value the meter “see” and recommends as the exposure?
The tonal value though a reflective light meter is middle gray and it will give you combination of f-stops and shutter speeds to use to get an accurate amount of light in the photo.
6. Explain in your own words how to make a white object white when using an averaging meter?
To photograph a white subject, you increase the exposure by 2 stops on you camera, rather than what the area meter recommends.
7. Explain in your own words how to make a black object black when using an averaging meter?
To make a black subject appear on film, decrease the exposure to eliminate the middle gray.