Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted wrote recently about his experience with forgetting how to use his = camera (R8). It happened to me yesterday as well. I was out in the rural Ontario = countryside at dawn shooting a small lake shrouded in mist. The light = was changing by the second and the composition was perfect. My big = concern was exposure - the combination of ground fog, deep shadows and = rays of sunlight breaking through from time to time made it extremely = difficult to gauge exposure. Even though I've been using my Contax RTSIII for quite some time, I blew = it. At first I didn't notice that the in-camera display was flashing, = and when I did I forgot what it meant - so I just kept on shooting and = bracketing. Most of a roll later, as the magic moment of light had passed, I = realized that the flashing meant that AE lock had been activated. I'd = bracketed exposure like crazy but in the end al the exposures were the = same. 30 years of experience as a pro and artist and it can still = happen. Fortunately, the exposure which it had accidentally lock on wasn't to = bad. A bit of work in Photoshop and I think I can salvage it. To keep this on a Leica note, if I'd been using something as simple as = an M6 this never would have happened. But, no 180mm and motor on the M6 = :) Michael