Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > >>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 So you are knowing that you've lost it at 2 over! For me it is far simpler to just point (for slides) my camera at the brightest textures and then upon up a stop. This always works for me. I know you're not asking for advice. Mark Rabiner