Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bud Cook wrote: > > Carl, > Does opening up one stop work for b/w, color negative AND color reversal? > Bud Cook Bud, when I used to shoot news we would take a "palm" reading. Basically just a reading off the palm of my caucasian hand (zone 6) and open up one stop. Worked like a charm as long as it was in the same light as the subject. Also, don't forget this is a reflected reading. Finally, I must add that one of the things I love about my EOS cameras (and it probably applies to the R8 based on how so many people are proclaiming it) is the matrix metering. If I meter a face I generally let the camera just go where it wants to go. The more I fool with it the farther I get. Carl BIG SNIP > >take > >the reading (and then open up one stop) or use the 90 as mentioned > >above, meter the face (using the 90 framelines as a guide), switch back > >to the wide-angle and set the lens for the exposure indicated by the 90. > >Again of course remembering to open up one stop since the caucasian skin > >tone is approx. 1 stop brighter than 18% gray. > > > >Confusing? Probably. But it is a way that you can use the meter for > >selective spot metering. > > > >Carl S. > >