Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well it is true that people's palms are different colors. But this is certainly not a bar to using an exposure index that is permanently "at hand." Before I pull my camera out, I take an exposure of the palm of my hand (with my gossen luna pro) and set the needle one stop +. I do this with the sun at my back, with the sun to the side and with the sun in front (palm in shade.) this gives me the range of exposures I need to keep flesh tones accurate in most circumstances. Damian Dan Cardish wrote: > > The palms of most people's hands are fairly similarly toned. And they > don't tend to tan. Mine happens to be almost exactly 1 stop brighter than > mid gray (to within 1/10 stop, as measured by my Minolta Spotmeter F). > > Dan C. > > At 06:01 PM 29-04-00 -0700, Roland Smith wrote: > >For years, I have read the back of my hand with a Weston meter and obtained > >good exposures. Is the palm of the hand a better surface for this type of > >reading? I didn't make any adjustment to the exposure the reading > >indicated. > > - -- http://www.teleport.com/~damian/strings.htm