Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/08

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Subject: [Leica] Re: metering middle grey
From: "Michael D. Turner" <mike@lcl-imaging.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 19:36:02 -0700

Kent Jon Peters wrote:

> Walter S Delesandri wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> > some spot meters (soligar 1%) are calibrated intentionally
> > for caucasian skin....the 'lighter' side....this would
> > correspond to approximately zone VI or one stop
> > hotter than "middle" gray....just what the Minolta said!!!
> ----------
> Both of my R4's in spot mode appear to measure zone 6 where my hand
> meter reads zone 5.  I have tried this under various conditions and it's
> consistent.  Kent

That's always been a "rule of thumb".  I often use my palm as a zone vi
reference when I want to make incident readings with my spot meter. Seems
to work quite well and saves the bother of fiddling with gray cards in the
wilderness.

Mike