Incident metering should work, but how to check it by reflective
metering (sort of belt and braces)?
You don't open up to take a dark subject Acer, IMO, you close it down
to prevent its becoming grey as the meter is calibrated to make it.
Think of the Shadow button on the OM4(Ti): it reduces the exposure (I
can't remember how much by). So, I would meter off the face and
close down a stop and a half and bracket on that.
... not that I have ever taken a portrait of a dark-skinned person.
It sounds like a great plan and I wish I could be there to assist.
Chris
At 17:22 -0700 2/9/01, Acer V wrote:
9/2/01 8:58:53 AM, Doggre@xxxxxxx wrote:
In a message dated 9/2/01 7:25:13 AM Pacific Daylight Time, GMcGrath@xxxxxxx
writes:
To get a "correct" exposure onto the film, if you were metering Caucasian
skin you need to remember that proper exposure is +1 from middle gray
Any info. on exposure compensation for black folk? I know they come in all
shades from "caucasian" to jet black, but was just wondering. I have a
wonderful black co-worker with a million dollar smile that I want to take
some portraits of. Portraiture is new to me. I have a roll of Kodak 160 NC,
the 85/2, and the OM-2S is a whole lot smarter than I am... but I would sure
appreciate any "tips". Haven't decided indoors vs. outdoors yet. May do
both if she's willing & patient. I will bracket. That much I know. Thanks.
use incident metering...all else failing, make sure your palm
(inside of hand) is in the same light as the subject, and meter
that, open up one stop.
voila, for print film it works perfect, heck, works great on slides
too, but with print, any error (IF any, it should be <1/3 stop) wont
matter. the
cardinal rules are palm in same light, facing straight and square to
camera (otherwise reflected light will vary a bit). the reason it
works is there is
no melantonin or pigment on the inside of human hands (the palm), so
they are all the same colour regardless of your skin colour. works
for me.
/Acer V
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