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Old October 24th 10, 06:43 PM
Harold Gough Harold Gough is offline
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Originally Posted by K W Hart View Post
Keep in mind that the meter wants whatever it measures to be 18% gray. If
you are reading a snow scene, the meter will try to make the snow gray.
This is only the case with a reflected light reading. The incident meter reading is independent of the reflectivity of the subject. However, the incident reading should, within the characteristics limits if the flim/sensor, enable the image to show brightness representative of the correct reflectivity of all parts of the subject, including those with 80% reflectivity.