Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Your meter will give you a zone V reading. Use a spot meter, meter on the part that you want detail, then increase or decrease your exposure accordingly. For a caucasian face, you will need to open up one to get to zone VI. You can meter on the lows and decrease exposure to zone III or IV. Depends on where you want the detail to show best. Kelly Adams wrote: > 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 would 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 >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html