You've quoted me out of context. Shame on you! There is no absolutely correct exposure for "dark skinned" people, which is what I said in my original post. Metering the face and using that exposure will not always give you overexposure, and it doesn't always give you Zone V, either. I said that it gives less than Zone V, based on Kodak's grey card instruction sheet.
In addition, stopping down two stops to Zone III may cause a loss of detail and contrast in highlights, in and around the eyes, and in other shadow areas. There are many factors involved in getting a correct exposure for skin tones, and I made that clear to some extent in my original post. I suggested "Zone V minus" as a starting point, and that further tests would be advised. "J. C. O'Connell" wrote: > Putting a dark skinned face at zone 5 will cause everexposure, It probably > should be closer to zone 3 which would mean giving 2 stops LESS exposure > than the spot meter reading. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
