Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sun, 26 Sep 1999 20:12:35 -0400, "R. Saylor" <rlsaylor@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > Anthony Atkielski wrote: > >> Furthermore, since you really have no control over the lighting of a scene >> outside a studio, wouldn't it be simpler still to meter for the most important >> part of the image, and then just let the rest fall where it may? >> > >If you do that, then the most important part of the image will always >have an 18% grey tonality, even if it is white or black to start with. >That's why you have to increase exposure for snow scenes when >using conventional metering. Otherwise it looks like dirty snow. It's my experience that if you meter on 18% grey (as in using a card or an incident meter) the snow turns out white. Only if you meter on the snow itself does it underexpose. I interpreted Anthony's point to be that you meter "for" the important part of the image, not necessarily "on" the important part of the image. This is what I always do -18% grey metering one way or the other, and let the extremes fall where they may. But then I've never been a Zonie - to me the subject has always been more important than the shadow density. Paul Chefurka