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Light Meters Are Stupid / 15.2 - The World Isn't 18% Gray

Similar to the snow on the last page, light meters can't handle dark subjects.

Black gloves can become gray gloves in your photographs.

Here's a photograph taken of my gloves with a ski pole.

The gloves are too bright:

The gloves looked like this:

Why do light meters make these mistakes?

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