Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/31

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Subject: Re: [Leica] exposure question
From: Kelly Adams <jadams79@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 10:57:55 -0500

The usual procedure for Zone work is meter for darks to determine 
placement (exposure) and develop for highlights. Can be difficult if 
you are shooting a lot of frames in varied light conditions.
On Tuesday, December 31, 2002, at 06:34 AM, animal wrote:

> Hi, I,d like advice on the following regarding exposure.
> Normally i try the old advice of metering zone VII and then decreasing
> exposure by 2 stops.However with my favourite scenes at night my meter
> cannot register as low as that.Getting a better is not really an option
> since i think it is quite good allready(minolta).So i end up 
> bracketing and
> adjusting levels a lot.Would you know a better way of doing it?
> seasons greetings
> simon jessurun
>
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