Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/17

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Snow scene exposure
From: CHKARNES <CHKARNES@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 15:42:04 EST
 
In a message dated 98-03-17 11:01:19 EST, Noel wrote:

<< Woke up this morning to the biggest dump of snow in one day in over 113
 years. It is cloudy and still snowing, I would like to get a few shots of
 this, as it is truly impressive. Any tips on exposing properly would be
 appreciated >>

Just take a normal reading of a scene that is only snow, and open the aperture
by 2 f stops. Snow reflects about 80% of the light falling on it, so 80
divided by 18 (18% grey card) is about 4, meaning 2 f stops.

Charlie