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Subject: [OM] Re: More winter photos
From: Martin Walters <mwalters@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 07:58:41 -0500
Everyone:
Thanks for the input. Obviously, it's either back to photography school 
for a refresher course or put the camera away until the snow melts....

Martin

d1956m198d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>>Martin Walters wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>I must admit that deliberately over-exposing snow is counter-intuitive
>>>for me.  I have always been more concerned about bright snow "tricking"
>>>or overpowering the meter and underexposing all the darker/shadow
>>>areas.  I suspect that when there is bright snow (ie, with sun) there is
>>>no need to over-expose.
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>
>I always shoot slides, and did the same as you for a while. Looking back  
>through them, I can see the trend.
>
>I changed after hearing Chris Bonington say something, echoing what he  
>'said' in some Olympus advertising.
>
>He said, if I recall, that the OM2 metering was so good, he just left the  
>camera on +2 compensation and shot away. This was high altitude  
>mountaineering photography, with mostly snow surrounding little bits of  
>rock scenery and people. Take a look at any of his books from around the  
>mid-seventies on.
>
>It is counter-intuitive, but it works. And when you think about what your  
>average meter does, it's logical, Captain.
>
>Spock.
>
>No, D.
>
>
>  
>



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