Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks to all who responded to this post. It was a big help. When I shoot with my M6 this isn't much of a problem because of the way it meters. Except in extreme situations, I just go with it. Where I get screwed up is when I'm using my Pentax Spotmeter with my M3 or Hasselblad (which is why I was quoting EV values in my example). I wind up making myself crazy metering a hundred different elements in a scene and then don't know what to expose for. (The example I used in my post was obviously well within the range of the E100S as Peter observed but you get my point.) Metering for the highlights will now become my new mantra. Makes sense. For reasons I can't really explain I almost always underexpose my images. I've gotten to the point that whatever I decide on I shoot and then bracket open in half or full-stop increments another couple of frames. It gets expensive when I'm shooting 120 but as we all know the film and processing is the cheapest part of the expedition. Again, thanks for your help. Cheers Kevin Hoffberg