Originally Posted by
nbagno
I don't typically like to post in two different photography forums but this question wasn't picked up in the other forum. Here it is:
Using slide film...
What I have been doing so far has been to meter the shadows that I want detail and set into memory, same with the highlights then average. Now I go back to the shadows/highlights and read the EV value, looking for no more than -/+ 2 over. If it's within +/- 2 then I'm ok. This technique is what I've seen people do...
Now what if the highlights are over +2, lets say it meters +3 EV Do I use the average meter reading to set my lens but use a grad ND to bring down the highlights 1 stop?
What if the shadow is -3. Do I open up one stop from the average reading but bring down the highlights 2 stops?
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