thank you . You are correct

here is a quote in case you missed it I'll post it again for you.

I agree with you and shared your learning experience (38 years I worked at the film factory).
Yes overexpose negative film and under expose positive (slide) film. The reason was when you were processing the film and printing in the dark room.... you had more latitude when you negative was a little denser allowing you to recover more information (you could not recover from a thin negative). With slide film because the process actually created the image with the residual silver halide from the exposure (basically the process eliminated the exposed silver halide and then exposed the unused silver halide to create the positive image this also had an impact on the amount of dye (dye coupled) that occurred giving you riche colors and saturation. Most people did this by adjusting the ISO plus or minus from the actual value which would bias your meter to either under expose or over expose. example (ISO 100 set the Camera ISO to 80 to over expose negative film), the inverse for slide film. You just then used normal exposure metering to set your exposure. Now in digital you use a function called exposure compensation and since your dealing with a positive image slightly under exposing tends to work very similar to what we use to do with slide film. This is subject to the metering method you use. But if you are using matrix metering generally using that old film rule to keep from blowing out the highlights works pretty good. It helps if you understand your cameras dynamic range. film vs digital the physics are different but the same rules still work pretty good. I can almost hear all the little guru's telling you why this is BS but it works for me :) have a great day.

only if shooting Jpeg. If you shoot RAW you have much more latitude to play with in post processing.

thank you someone that is in the know

I never said there was a difference between a film meter and a digital meter they are the same. There is however a difference between a incidence meter and a reflective meter which is what is in your camera, film or digital.

thank you

thank you I agree with you 100% I never use the matrix meter in the camera as I don't like reflected readings. I never seen a person that was 18% gray. I always use my hand held incident meter and never less than 2 strobes. I'm not a landscape shooter and I never shoot Jpeg. I was well aware that film had more latitude than the paper that was used to print and shot accordingly and digital has more latitude than film which makes it better for post processing that's why I always shoot raw. I don't want the camera to decide how I want my image to look that's why I don't shoot Jpeg. I am a studio photographer and always shoot with strobes. Film is different than slide film and digital is different than them both but one thing that remains the same is light. Understand how to see and use light and you will always have a beautiful end result with little effort.

thanks I prefer to expose for the high lights as they can't be recovered if blown out other than that I shoot RAW and edit in PS.

thank you for your answer but I must disagree with your comment about slide film. this is the way I was taught at Kodak and served me well for 40 years as a profession photographer.

when metering film I was taught in school to expose for the shadows and print for the high lights and with slide film it was best to under expose up to a stop. How does this apply to digital?

I've always been told that you need 4 times the megapixels before you can see any difference.

While in Rockport don't forget to photograph the motif # 1 in the harbor. Motif #1 is the most painted scene in the country. It is a building where fishermen bring their catches for market. The best time for me any way is in the morning when the fog is just starting to clear and the harbor is glass calm.

Thanks everyone for the response. I prefer to do my DE in camera the way I've always have done with film. It takes much less time doing it that way then with PP. I just never saw this question on here before, Thanks again

Yes that is how I do it too with a matt box. I just never done it with digital. I was just wondering if someone here has ever tried it. Thanks yoou answered my question.

I know how to use a camera, I've been shooting professionally for over40 years. Sounds to me you don't know how to use a camera other wise you wouldn't have sent such a stupid reply.