Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:48 AM 3/29/98 -0500, you wrote: ><< > >Jim, if the illumination of the scene is fairly even it does not matter. >However, there are many times when the areas of the scence vary substantially >in brightness. The classic case is a person standing in front of a bright >background such as a sky. If you do not know the area that the meter is >looking at, the meter can be fooled by the bright background and the photo >will be underposed. > >Knowing the metering area is pretty important for ensuring correct exposures >in tricky situations. > >Tom Shea > I think I said all of that. I know how to meter, and how the meter works. I'm just wondering about all of the precise percentages and exacting definitions. To me it's meaningless. As I said before, human fuzzy logic works great. Jim