Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]When you say "meter the highlights" and "meter the shadows" do you mean you hold the meter in the same light that the highlights and shadows, respectively, are receiving? At 11:14 PM 4/6/98 -0400, Carl Socolow wrote: >John McLeod wrote: >> ><SNIP> > >> I guess I have a question for the pros on the list. If you are shooting neg >> film outside with mixed sun and clouds and you want shadow detail, how do >> you use your incident meters? Do you simply shade the meter dome with your >> hand, or put the meter in shade, and take a reading, then shoot away? Is >> the procedure essentially the same as with chrome film except now you're >> giving more weight to the shadow exposure, as opposed to the highlight >> exposure? >> >> John McLeod > >John, > >My tendency when shooting b&w is to meter the shadow, meter the >highlight and then use fuzzy logic with a bias toward the shadows. If >this lighting is consistent throughout the whole roll of film I'll pull >development so the highlights don't block up. > >With color neg film I tend to meter the shadow and save the reading to >the memory of my Minolta IV meter. Then I meter the highlights and >memorize that also. Then I hit the average button and decide if that >seems right based on the other two. Hope this helps. > >Carl S. >-- >Sometimes the wrong thing is exactly the thing you should do. > Francesco Sanfilippo, Five Senses Productions webmaster@5senses.com http://www.5senses.com/