[LargeFormat] Re: sunny16

[Ken Kagawa]

The "Sunny16" rule gives you the same correct exposure as would an incident 
meter reading of direct sunlight.
You need to compensate with  snow because its brightness is beyond the 
latitude of film, especially for tranparency.The reading is correct but the 
film isnt able too record the entire contrast range.Meaning stop down or it 
will be too white.(assuming that you want the snow correctly rendered)
Yes compensation is totally different with a reflected meter reading because 
then you are adjusting for the meters error (and would compensate by opening 
up).
KenK

>However If I were to meter that with a HANDHELD REFLECTIVE METER
I would
most certainly OPEN UP TWO STOPS OR EVEN MORE since the meter
wants to
turn the white snow into a grey card.

at the very least, I pity the guy that has to print your
snowscapes.

Les




Don Feinberg wrote:
>
>No, no!  Bright sand or snow -- f/11 at 1/ISO  !!
>
>Don Feinberg
>
> >
> >
> > Don Feinberg wrote:
> > >
> > > >  Kodak use to recommend "In bright sun on sand or snow
f16 @ 1/ISO"
> > >
> > > No, this isn't so.
> > >
> > > The "Sunny f/16" rule is "f/16 at 1/ISO"   According to
Kodak, you use
> > > "sunny f/16" in bright sun, then in snow or sand you close
down another
>1 to
> > > 2 stops.
> > >
> > > Kodak are not correct here: You should *open up* another 1
to 2 stops
>for
> > > snow!
> > >
> > Which gets right back to what I said, "Bright sun on sand or
snow f16@
>1/ISO"
> > Les

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