Meterless

eric said:
Spend a day walking around with a meter and no camera. Check certain areas for meter readings. Then test yourself without the meter and then check with meter. After a day, you'll be 90% or better close.
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Eric,

Spent the last week or so walkin' and sittin' with the light meter...kinda gettin the hang of it.

Just thought of a metering question before I break out my S3 2000 for Christmas...

IF we get snow in Georgia this year, and that is a big IF,😕 and I am going to use the S3 without the light meter, what is the best exposure technique?

TIA,
 
For sunlit snow and beach scenes, one-stop less than sunny 16 (in other words f/22). That's because of glare and brighter shadows, which is why you see such rich blue skies in many good snow and beach photos. In cloudy conditions, shoot as you ordinarily would.

Shooting in snow without a meter is actually easier than with a meter. Most folks will meter the snow and end up with a badly under-exposed scene. Without a meter nagging you, it's easier to set your exposure for the subject and ignore the effect of the white backdrop.
 
dave lackey said:
Eric,

Spent the last week or so walkin' and sittin' with the light meter...kinda gettin the hang of it.

Just thought of a metering question before I break out my S3 2000 for Christmas...

IF we get snow in Georgia this year, and that is a big IF,😕 and I am going to use the S3 without the light meter, what is the best exposure technique?

TIA,
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Snow in Georgia?! My father in law just moved to Shady Springs. And my good friends just moved to Peachtree City.
Snow, just meter like there was no snow and then open up 1 to 2 stops (either via shutter speed or aperture).
 
VinceC said:
For sunlit snow and beach scenes, one-stop less than sunny 16 (in other words f/22). That's because of glare and brighter shadows, which is why you see such rich blue skies in many good snow and beach photos. In cloudy conditions, shoot as you ordinarily would.

Shooting in snow without a meter is actually easier than with a meter. Most folks will meter the snow and end up with a badly under-exposed scene. Without a meter nagging you, it's easier to set your exposure for the subject and ignore the effect of the white backdrop.
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That's right!


But for macro and tele (at 135mm) you have to use a reflex camera with a meter!

A non automatic camera like the Leicaflex SL 2 gives you the opportunity to choose your speeds and diaphragm freely.
 
The discussion on this thread has been chiefly about using an unmetered rangedfinder camera. Telephoto lens on a metered camera does allow you to isolated the subject for more accurate metering, but it's still a challenge in snow.

For handheld meters, snow is one of the reasons incident meters are so practical. You just measure the strength of the light, and ignore the fact that the subject is pure white (in-camera meters will want to render the snow as gray).
 
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