Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bud Cook wrote: > > Let me point out that there are major differences in the way you meter > for color reversal film vs. print film. You cannot state a specific > method for one and expect it to work for the other. > > Just MHO of course. > Bud If you're referring to my little description yesterday and possibly Christer's reply you're darn right I think both of us forgot to qualify that specifically. We're such hard core black and white guys! For Chromes (I hate that word) I meter the lighter areas and then open up between a half and a full stop. I think of these as "non wash out" areas, areas that will result in an unusable slide if rendered washed out. The sky is a big example. Gotta be something resembling blue. Can't be white. Darker tones are going to fall where they may. I'm going to learn "Multiscanning" to deal with it. Mark Rabiner