Digital BW, The Print

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