Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Erwin wrote: > > <snip> > Now for the boat scene. If the greycard reading is EV9, then the zone V is > also 9. The boat then (at 7) will be in Zone III (that is darkish)...<snip> Overall contrast is higher of course. > <snip> > > Thanks for your thoughtful analysis. You're absolutely right about the > particulars of this scene, ie the lack of a true highlight that would > challenge the range of the film.<snip> What I got > out of this discussion is pay attention to the top of the range and don't > let the highlights get blown out. > > Kevin Hoffberg - -------------------------------------- Kevin, George, Eric, Dale, Donal, Ted, Erwin, et al... You're all wrong. Too much thinking, not enough shooting. If you've invested so much time in setting up this kind of still life/landscape, just bracket the blazes out of it and move on to the next opportunity. Or a good single malt. Film's cheap and life's too short. Cheers, David W. Almy Annapolis