In the preceding post and an earlier one, a reader proposed an ETTR technique that I will summarize in Zone System terminology: Place the brightest significant highlight on Zone VIII. A simple way to achieve this is to set the metering mode on a (Nikon — see the comment for Canon technique) DSLR to spot,… [Read More]
Archives for December 8, 2012
ETTR by spot metering, part 2
Shortly after I made this post, the reader who made the initial suggestion sent me an email with some comments and clarifications. I’ve quoted it below in two sections. Spot meter is in camera….1.5 percent in 5d3. Easy to see coverage if you know where it is. So it is pretty easy to do this… [Read More]