Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/02

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Subject: Re: [Leica] The M6 Spotmeter
From: Tina Manley <images@InfoAve.Net>
Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2002 16:36:11 -0400

At 02:54 PM 7/2/02 -0400, you wrote:
>In a message dated 7/1/02 6:01:17 PM Pacific Daylight Time, sonc@sonc.com
>writes:
>
><< Like measure highlights. Which for many people is what spot metering is
>all about.  >>
>
>Is it advisable to use spotmeter on the face of a subject with a strong
>backlight for portrait outdoors in the shade?  Just using my M6 metering and
>sometimes I underexpose the subject, sometimes I get it right.  What am I
>doing wrong or should I just have to avoid lighting situations like that
>altogether?
>
>Dante


Dante -

Outside, in the shade, meter off the grass.  The grass or ground is usually 
about Zone 5.

Tina

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