Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the tips....I'll have to buy an incident meter and try these techniques out for once. Any recommendations on a good quality incident meter, anyone? At 09:58 PM 4/7/98 -0400, Carl Socolow wrote: >Five Senses Productions wrote: >> >> When you say "meter the highlights" and "meter the shadows" >> do you mean you hold the meter in the same light that the >> highlights and shadows, respectively, are receiving? >> > ><SNIP> >-- >Francesco, > >That is correct. Either by holding the meter in the scene to be >photographed so that the highlight and shadow areas of the scene are >measured. Or by holding it in comparable light at camera position so >that it replicates that which is of importance in the scene. > >For example, last summer I was doing an architectural exterior of an >historic building that had some trees on the site. There was no time of >day when the light was on the front of the building that there was not >tree shadows on half of it. I metered in the shadow area and in the >highlight (or sunlit) area. Then averaged the two. I should add that one >of the qualities I've found with the E100S and E100SW is an incredible >tolerance towards overexposure in the brighter and/or highlight areas. >I've been able to bias my readings for more shadow detail without fear >of losing those brighter areas that historically I've always considered >more important when exposing transparency film. Certainly, I still like >a saturated chrome, but it's also nice to be able to work within a >five-stop range instead of a three stop range. Hope this helps. > >Carl S. >Sometimes the wrong thing is exactly the thing you should do. > Francesco Sanfilippo, Five Senses Productions webmaster@5senses.com http://www.5senses.com/