Exposure measurement in the image plane of the camera is by now generally accepted as being superior to the use of external exposure meters – as evidenced by the current trend in camera design. The question however arises, whether such image plane measurement should integrate the whole picture area or be based on selected spot readings – and in what way the two methods differ.
The question itself is an old one.
SINAR Information No 9
‘I love the black cloth’ -a well known photographer recently told us -‘because it hides me from talkative and interfering customers. And if one of them insists on seeing the image on the ground glass, I smoke out the intruder from underneath the cloth by lighting a cigar.’
From every point of view, image observation of every single shot is obviously vital for the photographer.