Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/18

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Snow Exposure
From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 12:51:27 -0800
References: <200102162214.OAA14411@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> <000401c09893$a5738640$8e2aaf3f@BILL>

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

In reply to: Message from "Bill Lawlor" <wvl@infinex.com> ([Leica] Re: Snow Exposure)