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Subject: [OM] Re: [Photo] Winter 2
From: Andrew L Wendelborn <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 23:21:22 +1030
Interesting -- thanks for your reply.

As you used a 4t, I was actually wondering if you had tried taking a
spot reading off the snow and pressing the highlight button (maybe with some
suitable fine tuning)?

Don't have much opportunity to play with snow around here -- that's
why I have to ask rather than just do it :)

regards
  Andrew


At 8:48 PM -0800 2005.01.23, Richard Lovison wrote:
>Thanks for looking.  Depending on how much snow is in the scene and how
>much is in direct sunlight, I usually take an average meter reading (if
>I'm in a hurry and fighting the cold) and then increase exposure 1 to 2
>1/2 stops.  And remember, I'm shooting negative film which is more
>forgiving for metering errors than slide film.
>
>Another method I imagine would be to meter off an 18% gray card in the
>same light to determine exposure.  Might be a pain to do in the cold...
>one more piece of gear to pull out of the camera bag.
>
>Richard

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