Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>As for "exposing for highlights", this is what I have always done with slide >>film...measure the brightest part of the scene in which I want detail (e.g. a >>person's face or a textured light-colored wall) and expose for that. > >once you've exposed for the face/wall, do you open up a stop or two, or do >you stick with the suggested reading? When shooting transparencies, I meter for the 18% gray and then meter for the brightest part of the scene I want to see details in. If the brightest part of the scene that I want clear details in is more than 2 EV higher than the 18% gray requirement, I reduce exposure down to that point. I guess in Zone system type parlance, I'm placing my brightest details in Zone VII or VIII, given Zone V is 18% gray Godfrey