With all due respect, the technique of metering three faces and a suit seems
to me a little on the overly-complex, time-consuming side... it would seem
to me easier and faster to take one spot reading and adjust it to suit the
target tone - perhaps 2 stops under from the suit, or 1 stop over for fair
skin - and I would have more confidence in the final exposure. Multi-spot
metering in this situation seems like overkill to me - what would of course
be nicer is a usable exposure compensation system - perhaps replacing the
tiny hi-light/shadow buttons with one exp comp button with a thumb-wheel
around the spot button..... maybe on the, err...ahem... long awaited
replacement for the OM4Ti - kinda like the top right of the Eos3...
<dodges flying wonderbricks>
Cheers
Andy
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Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 20:18:35 -0600
From: Garth Wood <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [OM] Re:
>Furthermore, in this picture I would probably have not relied on a single
>spot metering, but rather I would have most likely taken a spot metering
off
>the faces of all the three persons (to make sure those three readings -even
>though they will be (almost) the same- will have a heavy influence in the
>eventual averaged value of all spot readings) and then 1 reading of the
>groom's clothes.
I certainly wanted to do that, but there wasn't time -- it was *freezing*
outside, and everyone was hurrying through the formalities to run back into
the lodge where the booze, food and warmth was. 8^> One spot per frame was
the best I could do, and even then, I lost some of the bridesmaids'
procession. Good thing I wasn't the paid pro on this outing -- or even the
*unpaid* pro!
Garth
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