Can you show us an image as an example? But in general, it shouldn't matter what metering mode you use with a grey card. What kind of light were you shooting in.....? There's this thing called exposure latitude. The depending on the latitude range of the device be it color neg film/ slide / digital, you can only capture a certain # of tones/ranges of dark to light, before you loose detail in the shadows and highlights.

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