I've been having problems lately with determining proper exposure for my B&W photography. I'll tinkle around metering what I think is the shadows, then I'll check it against my highlight and realize I'm horibly off. The result I've been getting lately is overexposure. I think it's because I'm quit sure what exact area to label as zone III. I think I'm placing too dark of an area on zone III resulting in overexposure. So lately when shooting, I've been relying on my gray card crutch to check my zone V exposure.
What I've also been doing lately is carrying my meter around without a camera and metering different scenes, and coming up with what I believe is a correct exposure. Besides looking like an idiot, I'm still not sure if I have the correct exposure.
I have calibrated film speed and development time. It's nothing technical, just me not being able to make up my mind. Any suggestions?
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