Perhaps Ansel would have had a hybrid approach like many professional photographers today: embrace and master digital for professional work but continue to use film/darkroom photography for personal use and satisfaction. I believe Ansel was a commercial photographer for most of his career so digital would have been a “must have” for him to be successful if this was available in this earlier stage of his career.
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use the dot next to the "1.5"
I’m unable to figure out that scale (shutter speed ratio). Is it related to IRE? Or something else? I have an old Pentax analogue spotmeter that I use quite often but this is new to me.
You could also determine the location of Zone V on your meter by duplicating known and fixed EV, ASA, shutter speed/f stop combinations. For instance EV 9, with ISO 100 film, 1/30 sec/f4 exposure falls directly onto Zone V in the zone system scale. You would place your decal’s V over that EV reading (9).
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Was the spotmatic used very much? Sounds like it had low usage. Is the body black in color or silver/black?