Ansel Adams exhibit

On 8/18/2007 11:29 AM Nicholas O. Lindan spake thus:

"Jean-David Beyer" wrote

I am not sure about the meter, but in one of his books, probably "The
Negative," he says that when it is possible, you can walk up to the
subject
and meter it even with a Weston Master 5 (or something like that) that has
about a 5 degree field ...

It's the Weston Ranger 9 that has a viewfinder and semi-kinda-almost
18 degree spot. The 'Master' series are selenium cells with a fly's-eye
grid and a 50(?) degree angle.

Looks to me like those "fly's eye" (good analogy) lenses would have
quite a bit wider field than that even. More like 90° or more.

Nicholas O. Lindan wrote:
"Jean-David Beyer" wrote

I am not sure about the meter, but in one of his books, probably "The
Negative," he says that when it is possible, you can walk up to the
subject
and meter it even with a Weston Master 5 (or something like that) that has
about a 5 degree field ...

It's the Weston Ranger 9 that has a viewfinder and semi-kinda-almost
18 degree spot. The 'Master' series are selenium cells with a fly's-eye
grid and a 50(?) degree angle.

You are right, it IS the Ranger 9 I was thinking of. It claims to have 18°
field of view, which is somewhat narrower than the typical 30° of other
meters of the time. I guess it was Fred Picker who modified it to have a 5°
field of view. IIRC, you had to set the film speed 2 stops up to make it work.

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http://www.eastmanhouse.org/exhibits...r_62/index.php

The Eastman House, Rochester NY, has an exhibit of 150 of AA's stuff, now
through Sept 3.

I'm hoping to get there next Wednesday - I'm only about 150 miles away.

DK