Re: Understanding Exposure
Kelly,
Worm's question made me think of a point.
When you measure and read a scene, you visually identify a point to set at N, which would be an incident meter reading of the overall scene. IF the point that you visualize comes in at N and you like it there, that is what you start setting your camera at.
Then you look at the rest of the light values and see where they fall. If they are in range, shoot it. If not, know what will be lost and/or shift exposure to save what you can, or modify the light to get it all. You know what I would probably do.
Alternatively, you could read the range and pick an exposure setting that encompasses them all. This avoids having to mix reflected and incident reading.
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