It can also be reproduced in Photoshop using a grey with 128,128.128 RGB values.
NOTE: 18% grey refers to the level of REFLECTANCE – it reflects 18% of the light falling on it. However, we – humans – find 18% grey a more acceptable ‘mid tone grey’ both in print and on our modern monitors. But you can get a good idea of what ‘light meter mid grey/mid tone” looks like by mentally assigning an RGB value of 118,118,118 to it. This average value value is then classed by the meter is MID GREY and the exposure is calculated in terms of the 3 variables you set – Time, Intensity and Applied Gain, or shutter, aperture and ISO.Īll meters are calibrated to an ANSI Standard of 12% grey (though this gets a bit ambiguous between manufactures and testers). In other words the captures are shot ETTR.Īny light meter basically looks at a scene (or part thereof) and AVERAGES the tones that it sees. Also the shadows in the foreground are not choked or blocked. Shooting at 200mm on the D800E this yields an assembled pano that is 16,000 x 7000 pixels the advantages for both digital sales and print should be obvious to you!Īs you can see, the bright parts of the sky are a lot brighter in the captures than they are in the finished image, but they are not ‘blown’.
Here are the 6 unedited shots that make this finished panoramic view:Īs you can see, the images are are shot in a vertical aspect ratio. Looking towards the top of the Llanberis Pass from the middle level of Dinorwic Quarry and Electric Mountain.