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Q. Help with EV compensation

Asked by Howie Mudge (K=27933) on 6/11/2004

Hi all. Im pretty new to the world of film photography. I started out in 2000 and up until the beginning of this year, completely photographed digital. Metering and exposure on my 10D is pretty straight forward. Take the photograph and check the histogram and adjust accordingly.

I understand with snow I would need to add between +1-+2 EV and also if I shot a black Labrador I would imagine I would use a -1 EV to compensate.

My question is in most situations how would you judge for EV compensation. Lets take an example of a person standing under a tree in the shade and using spot metering. Would it be worth considering using a + or - EV? Another example maybe a bird from 300mm, lets say a brown owl.. Would I just meter or because it brown use a -1/3 ev?

I know, lots of questions but as Im getting more and more into film, I really would like to learn more about metering and EV compensation. Any help and or examples would be a really big help.

Thank you

Howie

ann clancy (K=2014) - Comment Date 6/11/2004

With black and white film; the person under the tree, what is their skin tone? Then go from there. THe brown owl will render basically middle grade so there would be no need to make any adjustments. Now, is the bird back lite? that will make a difference.
Black and white film renders values much differently than color. In nature, most colors render middle grade (not all, but most, ) black and white is a much different animal and you will need to experiment and keep good records, or find a very good book about metering and how it relats to film.

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