Color Coded Light Metering™ is in actuality a modern implementation of the instant film proofing process-- without the cost, the messy packaging, or the chemicals. In addition, Color Coded Light Metering™ can simultaneously display important exposure information about key areas of your image:
Color Coded Light Metering™ displays this information in rapidly, essentially instantaneously when tethered and in less time (per image) through the BatPac™/Photobatch™ implementation than developing color Polaroids. Color Coded Light Metering™ can be modified to display the above important aimpoints for any image target. Or, other, different sections of the scale between highlight-and-shadow can be tagged with the Color Coded Light Meter™ to display points or segments of the transition of tone from highlight to shadow; it's your decision as to what gets modified and displayed. You can use it to display your favorite lighting ratios. Modifications of the basic settings can be saved to disk for later recall. You can set up different settings for different paper targets.
Using Color Coded Light Metering™ is simple. Make a Meter capture by clicking the Meter checkbox in the function window at the far right side of the user interface and then shoot the camera. A single flash will produce a multi-colored image displayed over a grayscale image. Adjust the most important highlight with the aperture control on your lens. Fill the shadows appropriately so that the display numbers mirror your idea of where separable low values fade to black. Use the text file to modify the transitions between highlight and shadow (in concert with your best lighting). Once you've gotten the Meter Capture where it looks appropriate, shoot a color capture to check the values carefully. Zoom into the scene to closely monitor reflectances and their transitions.
Metering through the Batpac™ should be started with the meter contained in the Batpac™. Shoot for the highlight, fill for the shadow. Bring a capture into PhotoBatch, Setup>Card Reader>SCSI Reader or Lap Top Reader. Click on any of the available captures in the Input Queue to display an RGB of that capture. To perform a Setup>Balance, click on a white reference if you've placed one in the scene. Choose Range from the Setup menu to display the Color Coded Light Meter's™ range colors. Load premade range colors if you've previously saved them. Note the exposure information and make any desired adjustments to the capture. Verify your adjustments with the PhotoBatch software.