Hi Michael, Sorry to hear about your chromes. Could be processing off just sufficiently to tilt the balance, or your subject's face was reflecting too much. White Caucasian skin reflects about 36%, not the 18% of our standard grey card. So you might need a whole stop extra. All the news photographers use fill-in flash as a matter of course to reduce subject contrast, so it must be a good idea <g>.
Malcolm Milton Keynes, UK ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Fontana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 9:27 PM Subject: EOS Elan 7 Metering Options to Cure Underexposure > I had a bad roll of chromes come back with a significant number of > underexposed portraits. Even using +1/2 and evaluative metering, it was a > persistent problem. The lighting was contrasty, mainly my subjects in > shade with sunlit backgrounds or in shadowy sunlight. My feeling is the > metering is over emphasizing the background and highlights. I think the > solutions are use AF point linked partial metering with the bright > backgrounds and use fill-in flash in the shadowy sunlight. Any > thoughts? I don't think exposure compensation is the answer because some > pictures are exposed okay, especially in even lighting. Thanks. > > Michael * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
