When I told him I forgot my meter he told me how to do it. Works good outside, not so ood in low light. While looking thru the ground glass, stop down the apature till the detail just goes away in the darkest part you want detail in. That will be the apature. test will tell you what your shutter speed will be. When shooting Supper-XX @ 50ASA ( that's what it was then,not ISO ) on a bright day I was usually around F16-18. N- is more the normal in the contrast of the NW. My choice was usually the shade in an evergreen tree. We have a few here in Washington. Whatever your choice, be consistant. For my test the shutter speed was 1/25. Good enough for chrome. Try it, you might just leave the meter in the car. I will say though that I didn't wear glasses then and they didn't have photogrey then either. YMMV
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