Hasselblad 70490533, 70380554, 70480542, 70480522, 70480532, 70380534, 70480533 user manual H4D

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New metered area is 1.8 EV lower than the area metered when the AE-L button was pressed.

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AE-L button pressed to call the metered area ‘Zone 5’.

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Metered area reads ‘Zone 8’.

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Metered area above ‘Zone 10’.

b)The AE-Lbutton also allows the spot metering function to make zone placements. When the AE-Lbutton is pressed, the metered area is saved as a mid-grey (Zone 5). When the spot area is then placed over another part of the scene, the new area is then compared to the saved area and the difference can be read off the scale seen in the viewfinder. For example, in a landscape situ- ation you could meter the foreground, lock the reading with the AE-Lbutton (thereby locking that area to be reproduced as the equivalent to a mid-grey 18%), point the camera at some rocks to see by how much darker they are compared to the foreground by the EV difference read off the scale (illus 3).

If you have chosen Spot together with Zone display (see ‘Custom­

options #14’ for settings ) as well as one of the automatic modes A, S, P or Pv, point the spot marking at an area that you decide should be a Zone 5 and click the AE-Lbutton (illus 4). The meter will now display different parts of the subject as zone ­values (illus 5) in the viewfinder display, instead of EV deviations, as you move the spot marking over the subject. (Included are Lo and Hi (illus 6)to signify areas beyond the range of the sensor).

Alternatively you can choose to re-classify an area as another zone and then check the rest of the subject to see how other ­areas fall on the zone scale. Do this by following the above pro- cedure and then turning the rear control wheel until you see the new desired zone value in the viewfinder display. You will also see the new exposure that will now produce that new zone. For example, you might have measured a rock at zone 5 but wish to make it darker. By moving the rear control wheel you could ­re-classify it as zone 4. You will then be able to see, for example, whether white clouds are now falling within the exposure range by their new Zone classification.

Alternatively, you can also pre-set the initial zone reading in order to save time and effort where there is no freely available ‘zone 5’ subject for light measuring. For example, you might be on a ­sandy beach where you know that sand is normally classified as zone 6. You can pre-programme the zone placement by hold- ing down the AE-Lbutton while choosing the new zone value and turning the front control wheel until zone 6 appears. All new placements will then be zone 6.

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