Hello everyone, new member here, I just picked up a Sekonic L-858 meter (my Pentax V broke) and I’m learning my way around this fancy meter while I’m quarantined (potential exposure to this darn virus). With my previous meter, when shooting film, I would meter the shadows that I wanted texture/detail and then place that EV, 2 EVs below (actually I had a zone scale so would place in zone3). I would then analyze the highlights and see where those EV values fell on the scale. I’m trying to develop my workflow with this new meter that’s similar to what I know. I’ve read the manual (amazing, huh) and noticed that it has exposure compensation. What I’m thinking is that I could set a -2 compensation and meter my important shadows. Then select average mode and meter the rest of the scene to analyze the mid tones and highlights (which would show me how many EVs above or below the shadows that the metered tones lay as I move the meter around the scene). What do you think? Any issues with this workflow? Better way? I appreciate any and all input.
Regards,
Tom
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