If your hand is too bright, it makes the reading too high, causing
UNDERexposure,
requiring OVERexposure to compensate for it.
John
Dan Lau wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Jul 1998 20:47, "Terry and Tracey"
> <foxcroft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >Or if you are in the same light, meter your own skin. I open up one stop as
> >my hand is 1 stop brighter than 18 0rey.
>
> >Foxy
>
> Now I am a little confused by the "terminology". If your hand is 1 stop
> "brighter" than 18 0rey, then shouldn't you "close" down one stop to
> compensate (i.e., get back to the 18 0rey measurement) instead of "open"
> up one stop? It seems to me that if you measure against your hand which
> is 1 stop brighter AND you open up one stop from that measurement, you
> will be over exposing (by 2 stops).
>
> Or, possibly by "open up" you mean to change the aperture up to a higher
> number, which is actually closing down the aperture? Can someone help
> me out here and explain the terminology?
> -Dan
>
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