Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/30
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Peterson Art <Peterson_Art@hq.navsea.navy.mil> writes:
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> like an underexposure. Thus my question: for those who've had
> successful experience in this kind of photography, how do you estimate
> the amount of underexposure to allow, in order to capture the "spirit
> of darkness?"
Art,
I know it is against the theory which you state correctly. But I expose if
possible just what the meter tells me. I got outstanding shots (slides!) that
way from night scenes on the street, blue hour theatre etc.
At night the contrasts are much higher. The M6 meter is probably fooled by the
highlights and exposes correctly, showing everybody that it is a night scene.
The rest is bracketing.
christoph