Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]sounds like a situation where I'd want reflected readings with a spot meter and some serious zone system thinking Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Jun 16, 2009, at 3:00 PM, Dante A Stella wrote: > > Ok - hit a rough patch in Egypt today: at Saqqara hit subjects that > were low contrast and high brightness (hazy blue sky against sand > and limestone pyramids). > > Shooting Tri-X and a yellow cut filter, should I trust the meter > (which is reading for what looks a stop underexposed - 1/700 and f/ > 16) and N+1 it to enhance the highlight contrast - or believe that > the sand is so bright? Under normal conditions with a clear blue > sky and grey subjects, I have not needed to apply a filter factor > given my developing time (on the heavy side of N development). > > But here, I don't have the film to bracket very much, and I am a > little worried about shouldering. Best guess, Mr. Spock? > Hopefully Luxor will have clearer skies... > > Dante > > NO ARCHIVE > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information