I was taught (by a very pale Polish-American) that the palm of just about anyone's hand pretty darned close to zone VI.
The back of the hand is another matter. E. On Aug 31, 2009, at 12:57 PM, dnygr wrote:
Right. Color changes in summer for me. The palm works best for me. Doug -----Original Message----- From: "Raid Amin" <ramin@xxxxxxx> Sent 8/31/2009 11:23:14 AM To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Meters and FilmTaking a reading off the hand depends on your skin complexion and whether you take the reading off the front or back of your hand.My skin color is “neutral grey”. RaidFrom: rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ] On Behalf Of dnygrSent: Monday, August 31, 2009 11:38 AM To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Meters and Film .I agree. Take meter reading off hand, adjust one stop. I do it all the time and it works fine.You are right about digital. I'm still on the learning curve there. Doug -----Original Message----- From: "Eric Goldstein" <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx> Sent 8/31/2009 11:14:28 AM To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Meters and Film Hi Doug - The meter doesn't want to turn everything to grey... it believes that the average of all the reflectance in the scene is middle gray. If that is not the case, you need to adjust. A comment was made by someone (I think Mark Rabiner) not too long ago that using incident metering, you do not have to adjust... just read the scale and go. That, too, is erroneous, particularly shooting in low or high key situations with chrome film or older digital, both of which can only capture limited contrast ranges. You can easily place to contrast of the scene outside of what the medium can handle if you don't know and think about what's what... Eric Goldstein On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 11:03 AM, dnygr<dnygr@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I don't have any trouble with my M6. I know the meter wants to change > everything to gray--that is it wants to turn white to gray and black to > gray. I expose for shadow and meter off my hand and then open up a stop.I> develop for highlights and things work out well. Not a big deal. The keyis> to shadow for detail and open up a stop. My hand is a perfect gray card.>> For cameras without meters, I use a hand-held device on which the I measure > the light landing on the sensor instead of using reflected light. I again> meter for shadow, but don't adjust as I would with a meter that measures> reflected light. > > I'm sure you know this. >> I have found some cameras have meters that are off. My M6 is not one of > them. But since I know the meter wants to turn everything gray, I know I> have to adjust my exposure. The problem is designed into the beast. >> I have had to re-calibrate one hand-held meter. Out of the box it wasoff.> Once corrected, it was fine. I never blame the meter for my problems. Just > me. > > Doug > -----Original Message----- > From: "Jan Decher" <Jan.Decher@xxxxxxx> > Sent 8/31/2009 8:45:16 AM > To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Meters and Film > > Ed, > To me a Leica M6 and a hand-held meter in "street photograp hy" or other snap > shot situations are an oxymoron. If an average-lit subject with average> contrast comes out underexposed at the nominal ASA setting of the film, then> THE CAMERA underexposes at the nominal setting, not me! If I know that, I> can set the camera ASA value accordingly. However, I prefer a camera to be> adjusted right on, so I don't have to remember to set the ASA value above > or below every time.> This has nothing to do with high contrast scenes or other special situation> (contre jour etc.) that require me to individually override the camera> meter, or spot meter a part of the scene.> Most handheld meters have much to broad a metering angle to match the> accuracy of built-in TTL meters, and their usefulness is overrated. > Obviously, I use one for my meterless R3.5E. > Jan > > On Aug 30, 2009, at 1:06 AM, FreeLists Mailing List Manager wrote: > > From: aghalide@xxxxxxx > > Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Meters and Film > > Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:57:52 +0000 >> The camera doesn't underexpose. You do. Much depends on the contrast of the> subject so in situations with high contrast subjects, you must increase your> exposure slightly to get good results. In flat lighting you can underexpose> about 1/2 stop to get good results. Different cameras are set up to expose > differently therefore a good hand meter is preferable. > > Ed > --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org- Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list