Interesting -- thanks for your reply.
As you used a 4t, I was actually wondering if you had tried taking a
spot reading off the snow and pressing the highlight button (maybe with some
suitable fine tuning)?
Don't have much opportunity to play with snow around here -- that's
why I have to ask rather than just do it :)
regards
Andrew
At 8:48 PM -0800 2005.01.23, Richard Lovison wrote:
>Thanks for looking. Depending on how much snow is in the scene and how
>much is in direct sunlight, I usually take an average meter reading (if
>I'm in a hurry and fighting the cold) and then increase exposure 1 to 2
>1/2 stops. And remember, I'm shooting negative film which is more
>forgiving for metering errors than slide film.
>
>Another method I imagine would be to meter off an 18% gray card in the
>same light to determine exposure. Might be a pain to do in the cold...
>one more piece of gear to pull out of the camera bag.
>
>Richard
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