Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Snow or sand is one situation where incident metering is often superior to reflected-light metering, unless you have a spot meter. Of course, this is only possible if you have a separate meter. You don't need to carry around a gray card, just the meter. Using your hand and opening up one stop (or a bit more if you're dark-skinned) is the next-best thing with either a separate meter or an in-camera meter. Using regular reflected-light metering technique is liable to get you perfect medium-gray snow. If you've got to shoot fast in bright light in these situations, it's basically sunny 16 plus one stop, or as somebody already said, sunny 22. - --Peter Klein Seattle, WA At 01:19 PM 02/17/2001 -0800, you wrote: >Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch> says: >It is a possibility, although I do not want to drag one around. Instead, I use >my hand and open up one stop if there is nothing suitable to meter on. But >usually there is the road surface, or a tree or something else that can >act as a >grey card. > >Nathan > >goldframe1@yahoo.com wrote: > > > Wouldn't a gray card be a good answer?? > > > > gold > > Nathan says: > > I have had the same experience this winter in the Swiss and Austrian Alps. > > The > > sunny 16 rule definitely needs to be modified, careful metering (preferably > > with a > > spot meter) and/or bracketing is strongly advised, and in the case of B&W > > film a > > modification in development to avoid the snow becoming one big featureless > > highlight. > > > > Nathan > >- -- >Nathan Wajsman >Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > >e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch > >General photo site: http://belgiangator.tripod.com/ >Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/ >Motorcycle site: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/1704/ > >------------------------------