Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Just remember the meter reads 18% grey. If possible find something that color (like skin tones) in the same sun light that you are shooting in. Very few shots will be pure white (a lot of the ice in Alaska has a blue cast for example), so while the old rule of thumb about underexposing vs. the meter by 1 to 2 stops on snow may not always work for you. The other rule of thumb does work well...if you are shooting in bright sunlight (probably will have a lot of it this time of year in Alaska), shoot at f16 with a shutter speed equal to your ISO...so if 100 ISO film shoot f16 at 125th of a second. I still use this as an intelligence test on what my meter tells me...amazing how many time over the years I've found that I had the film speed set wrong in the camera and caught it with this method. - --- Steve Barbour <kididdoc@cox.net> wrote: > I will be shooting in Alaska soon with an R8.... > wondering about best way of handling > exposure/exposure compensation where there may be a > lot of sun and clouds...and > especially ...ice and snow...conditions foreign > to me. > Do I compensate, or can I use the P program/ and > matix metering? I have very little > experience under these conditions, and I would > appreciate any helpful > advice.....thanks. Steve > > > Steve Barbour > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html