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Re: [OM] 18 0rey Card

Subject: Re: [OM] 18 0rey Card
From: Kennedy <rkm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 19:32:33 +0100
In article , Terry and Tracey <foxcroft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
>>Light meters, either built-in or hand-held, indicate the amount of exposure
>>to render the metered scene to an 18 0rey.  It doesn't matter if its a
>spot
>>meter, or center-weighted average meter or what - 18 0rey is the
>>"yardstick" (meterstick???).  It also happens that a grassy field is
>>approximately 18 0rey, or the palm of your hand.  There's many examples.
>
>
>Your hand reflects one stop more than 18 0rey. Meter off your hand and open
>up one stop.
>
Doesn't that depend on how much YOU have been exposed to the sun?   :-)
-- 
Kennedy
Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed;
A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's pissed.
Python Philosophers         (replace 'nospam' with 'kennedym' when replying)

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