Metering is the act of using the in camera meter or a hand held meter to determine some suggestions as to shutter speed/fstop combination to make an exposure that you feel is the correct one.

Until you get to LF cameras , modern day cameras have a built in light meter. You set the ISO of the film/digital your using . Determine if you want to use your camera in manual mode, or a priority mode. With the priority modes, pick a value and the meter will fill in the blank so to speak.

Meters vary from camera to camera and altho, they are very good at what they do, it is still just a recommendation, not an absolute.

Give google a run and you will probably find more information you expect.

Yes. Most of my site (see signature) deals with what I persist in regarding as 'real' photography, despite the fact that I also use digital a lot. My oldest camera is between 100 and 120 years old (Gandolfi Universal)and I have literally dozens of film cameras that see varying degrees of use. From 'Welcome to Film', http://www.rogerandfrances.com/subscription/ps%20film%20welcome.html

"Once upon a time, when the world was young, the vast majority of photographers shot only black and white and colour was a novelty, so there were numerous books and magazine articles on how to make the transition to the new medium. Later, when colour was fully established and digital imaging was a novelty, there came a spate of books and articles about how to adapt to digital photography; a flood that has not yet abated. But we are hearing from more and more photographers who have acquired an interest in photography via digital imaging, and are wondering why so many people still use film. In short, for many, traditional film has become the novelty.

There are no books and precious few articles for those who want to go from digital to film: surprisingly few editors are far-sighted enough to publish them. Well, we still use film, and here is why, garnered from our own experience and that of others who have never stopped; or have gone back to film after trying digital; or who, after growing up on digital, have decided to use film either alongside or instead of digital. "

Cheers,

R.

Here is a story to illustrate an important point about film capture:
I decided to use my Mamiya 645 super recently, so took it to the local camera store to get a new battery.
The assistant was wowed and wanted to buy the camera from me. (He is 19 and I am 72). I asked why he was so keen. He said he always shot film because, once you developed and scanned the film at high resolution, you have the same result as a VERY expensive medium format digital, but at a fraction of the cost. You are scanning the full frame size of the film, not capturing to a smaller sensor with associated pixellation.
What a revelation, but he is of course right!
There are labs that develop and scan the film to digitised images at various pixel counts. Obviously the higher the count the better the image for scaling quality - and the more cost of course. But again compare with buying a medium format Mamiya Rz67 Professional Pro Ii "d" Medium Format camera at $2,303.00!!!!
I have to use a meter with the Mamiya but there is no need to bracket since a slight variation in exposure can be corrected on the digital TIFF image. (Do not get film scanned to jpeg since all tinkering of jpegs will denegrate the quality each time it is saved).
I also have an Olympus OM2 35mm with accurate metering.
Film can be kept a long time by storing in a fridge. I have some that is years old and that I kept refridgerated.
If there is a return to film use by afficianados, the manufacturers will respond to demand and the demise of film will not happen.

Rivernan,
Don't forget about Radio Shack, they have lots of batteries, they sell all the batteries I need for my Nikonos Vs and that camera is over 20 years old.

Have a very Merry Christmas.

George

Hello everyone.

It took me a bit more time to reload this PC (I have not finished yet) but I was interrupted by my better half who wanted to go out and see the city Christmas light, so I did. Good excuse no?

WildBill Sorry to hear that you were banned for your opinion(s) -or taking flak for the way you express yourself (I do all the time). If there is a shame, it is not on you. If there is a loss it is shared because they will never get to hear the other side of the story and you will never be able to learn from them either.

I just realized that I thought we were a different day!!!* Which means that one does not need medicine to think weird things and make mistakes. Don't worry about the errors, I make so many I would me really an idiot to call anyone on their spelling!!!

That make me think... Can I place the 'grammar/spelling police' in my s*** list? PLEEEEASE! I need someone to greet in there!

Let me know your thoughts about it because I would gleefully add them in there!!!

Otherwise, I am getting worried about my dog, she has more and more problems to get up. She still has a solid appetite and still greets me everyday with that damned wagging tail (ask my wife about her decorations that went flying off the coffee table - I WAS YELLED AT - for playing with the dog near a dangerous booby trapped table).

Life is good as usual. I am lucky to see it as such. Taking everything for granted is just too easy.

We have a small bunny in the yard and it leaves deposits of a giant hare in huge piles. I am getting tired of it (have to clean it along with the dog's mines). I guess a roasted rabbit will be on the menu in a couple of months.

Other than that I have very little to say (???).

Hello all (again) take care of yourselves. If you are in difficulty take comfort knowing that many care even if away and do not know you.

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* I sent a PM to someone apologizing for taking so long to answer a question when it was asked today!!! :shock:

My body has tried to plant me several times and I just stay alive to tick my enemies off. 13 year survivor of throat cancer. 7 year survivor of a burst brain aneurysm and skin caner on my head and neck about 6 times - I recently had a hernia operation and went to the Doctor for follow up by riding over on my motorcycle - that raised the Doctors eye brows };-) My Neurosurgeon told me it was okay to drive 3 months after my brain surgery - I had already been driving for two months by that time. Whoever said that they often don't know what they are talking about is spot on if they haven't been there themselves. We each heal differently and I know I have been on borrowed time for years, but I have taken multi-thousand mile motorcycle trips and plan next year to build my own airplane so I can take some photos from a different perspective. Places like this website inspire me. I don't want people to look down on me in a casket and say that "I look good" I want to look exhausted and used up.

- Is now used as a very special shot camera-Retired - $ film & process hurts - Poloroid was used to check shot before digital now use digital then film if good shot.
Old faithful for Quality

The last of these is "spirits in the wind" it was a challenge quilt. In which I had to use the brightly colored horses (fabric) that was a think think think process before i came up with the idea. My idea was that this is an Indian boy who wanted to capture a horse of his own and was sitting up there praying to the gods for an opportunity to do that. Some people interpret it as an Indian girl who' s husband or lover had ridden away on a hunt or war party and had never returned. She was praying to get a glimpse of him as the horses raced across the sky. I always invite people to make their own story . Some will some won't.

It's a very tiny blog... :)

The 'My Pages' feature allows you to compose a page of whatever content you like and then make it available to other members of the UHH universe. Such as my "Lens Primer", noted below on my signature line, and one of the two pages listed in "User Pages" on my profile.

The difference between a user page and a regular thread or post in one of the categories is that it stays around, and all you need to do is direct people to it somehow.

Ronny, I wholeheartedly agree with your observations with two exceptions. If you look at the two entries above yours regarding pronunciation of certain words, I believe these are due to not being able to spell these words. Correct spelling lends to correct communications. Incorrect spelling leads to incorrect spelling leads to incorrect spelling leads to confusion. We communicate by agreement of meaning and spelling.
As far as abbreviations are concerned, I agree we have abbreviations that lend nothing to communications, but having come from a medical, electronics and computer background, abbreviations serve as a short-hand to facilitate communications. I don't think there is a medical person in the U.S. (another abbreviation) that doesn't understand what ASA, PRN or QD means or a computer person that doesn't know what TCP/IP means. Outside these communities it merely seems to say "look how smart I am!".