Instruction manual

Special Functions
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Special Functions
Highlight calculations (for reflected-light
readings only)
When you want to reproduce some detail in the brightest areas of a
composition (highlight area), without washing them out, take a reflected-
light reading of the highlight area and use the meter's highlight exposure
calculation function to determine the appropriate exposure.
1
Take a reading of the
highlight area of the
subject.
2
Use the up/down key
while pressing the S/A/H
button to set the meter to
“H” mode.
● Unless an accessory for
reflected-light readings
(Viewfinder 5°, reflected-light
attachment II) is attached, it is
not possible to set the meter to
“H” mode.
♦ When you press the S/A/H button, the aperture required for proper
exposure of the shadow area will be calculated, and the result will be
displayed on the digital readout and on the analog scale for FNo. If you
press the S/A/H button again, all values will be erased from the display.
● If there are any measurement values already stored in memory, the
meter will determine the exposure for the darkest area measured and
stored in memory. The meter can only make shadow exposure
calculations with measurements stored in memory. If there are no
measurements stored in memory, the meter determines the appropriate
exposure based on the latest measurement (displayed reading).
● If you take photographs according to the aperture given by the shadow
exposure calculation, the shadow areas will be accurately reproduced
on film as shadows.
Display example
In the above example, the shadow exposure for the darkest measured area
(aperture: F2) was determined.
Apertures for measurements
in memory
Aperture for shadow exposure
Aperture for shadow exposure
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