Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Furthermore, since you really have no control over the lighting of a scene > outside a studio, wouldn't it be simpler still to meter for the most important > part of the image, and then just let the rest fall where it may? > If you do that, then the most important part of the image will always have an 18% grey tonality, even if it is white or black to start with. That's why you have to increase exposure for snow scenes when using conventional metering. Otherwise it looks like dirty snow. Richard S.