ND70

[Michele Rushworth]

Thanks, Mike.

it's trying to preserve the highlights.

Actually I will probably stick with the standard D70 settings since once highlights are blasted out there's no way to get the information back. I can always lighten the image later, but if the highlights are gone... too late! I've been experimenting with some very high contrast, almost chiaroscuro, compositions and keeping the information in the highlights is already a problem.

[Mike McCarty]

A third of a stop is not very much.

Also, when you shoot with spot metering on the face you will tend to get some distant ranges on the perimeter.