Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bill Lawlor wrote: > > The sunny 16 rule doesn't change per se, but the reflection off the snow can > brighten the subject up to a stop. > > Tom > ....................................... > > I shot some Kodachrome on an Alpine glacier in bright sum in 1989. My > Spotmatic meter, which was always reliable, reliably gave me 18% gray ice > and snow! Now I open up a stop and a half at the beach or high altitude in > the Sierras. Another way would to use an incident meter or gray card. > > Bill Lawlor You should tell them, Bill that the Spotmatic never had a spot meter in it!!! Truth is stranger than fiction! mark rabiner