Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Steve: >This is where the M6ttl spot meter lets me down because the spot meter is >reading the bright lights and the gray and shadows just disappear. So for >this kind of shot do you think I could sit there for :15 or :30 seconds >trying to figure out what I should be reading with the spot meter? Probably >not. I'd much rather have a reflective meter in this type of situation than an incident one. An incident one tells you nothing about the exposure you need for the shadows. Meter a shadow that you want to have some detail and then close down 2-3 stops. As long as you're shooting B&W negatives, you can control highlights while developing. Seems easy enough. Or, even the reverse. Read off somebody's face, open up a stop, and let the shadows and everything else fall wherever. In either case, just make one reading and then keep shooting. Am I missing something? Eric - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html