Response to Why are my highlights grey?

I had a similar problem with my negs a while back and the best answer that I can venture to you is to watch WHERE you are taking your meter readings. If you are taking your meter readings of the highlights then your highlights will be gray. Your light meter reads for middle gray, so if you take your readings from a phase III shadow then that area will be brought up to middle gray and your highlights will be blown out to almost paper white with no definition, conversely if your readings are on the highlights then they will become gray and your blacks will be flat and without any definition. Sorry that I don't have a more technical explaination than that but I still hope that it may help you. If you find out or have any interesting discoveries that you wish to share please contact me via my E-Mail address. Hope it helps!

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