[Leica] Question about M8 exposure

[leica at web-options.com (Bob W)]

Even when using an incident meter I find there is often scope for
over-exposing to move the histogram to the right.

And to reply to Mark, it depends on how you define over-exposure. I define
it as giving more exposure than the meter indicates. If you define it as
blowing out the hightlights then you are correct, but I don't think that's
what most people mean by over-exposing.

Bob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+leica=web-options.com@leica-users.org 
> [mailto:lug-bounces+leica=web-options.com@leica-users.org] On 
> Behalf Of James Laird
> Sent: 18 January 2009 15:12
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Question about M8 exposure
> 
> I usually set mine to -1/3 or -1/2 to save highlight detail. Or better
> yet use a good incident meter to expose for the highlights.
> 
> Jim
> 
> On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 1:00 AM, Mark Rabiner 
> <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote:
> > Actually Bob placing your histogram in that direction of 
> over exposing a
> > slide or digital capture is not an option a photographer 
> happens to have at
> > all and not for any conceivable reason. Once you've lost 
> detail in your
> > highlights their gone.
> > So yes it is in a sense "mindless". As doing so indicates a 
> complete lack of
> > knowledge of what one is doing.
> >
> > And even if in working with negative materials you expose 
> your highlights
> > too far to the top of the curve no amount of under 
> development is going to
> > address the situation. - you have to expose with highlights 
> in mind to you
> > can't just develop for them.