This is my second attempt to post this...sorry if there is a double post but 40 minutes have gone by and my post wasn't up. There is an interesting thread over at the Adobe Camera Raw forums regarding how metering with digital is different than film. The gist of the info provided, by Jeff Schewe and Bruce Fraser, is using a spot meter and exposure to the right is the way to go since the last 1/5 of the histogram holds nearly half of all the recorded info. Basically expose for the highlights all the way to the right. But most digital cameras histograms are not that accurate...as it interprets a rendered jpeg file and leaves safe head room to hold highlight detail...meaning purposely underexposing. It's a long thread and the metering discussion begins at post #20 http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?7@...1heBscCKO.22@. 3bb6a869.3bbb1172/24
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Metering for Digital was....Digital vs scan for BW Print
2005-07-07 by John Vitollo
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