--- "Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Alex Z wrote: > > Peter, this is exactly what I meant: bearing in mind ETTL's AF point > biasing, I wouldn't put the sensor onto the wtite/black pattern, but > rather on subject's face. > Putting it on white, the ETTL would give be heavily weighted to this > tone and indeed will underexpose, however, regular "caucasian" face > tone is much closer to 18% gray, though theoretically still may > require > about 1/3 - half stop compensation in certain situation. > This is my opinion. What would you say ? > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > --------------------- > Alex, > > Think it through a bit further. Even though the main poiint is on > the > face, > the matrix includes the white gown which will be averaged into the > scene. > I have done this and can tell you that you still need to compensate. > Besides, not all caucasian skin tones are alike. Some fair, some > olive, > some in the middle, and each will alter the metering. > Hence, I would suggest you try what I say and see how it works. > Sometimes over analyzing something does not help. > > Peter K
OK sounds reasonable though will have to test it on my system to get the feeling, however I'm curious whether in such situation you disable the automatic flash reduction feature (by appropriate CF). Do you ? Otherwise you may get an equation with too many variables... Alex __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
