Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alan Ball <AlanBall@csi.com> wrote: >I find your statement very pessimistic. Nothing lets me believe that >'young photographers' are less capable than the previous generations. Gosh..nothing I wrote was meant to insinuate that they were less "capable." That sounds like I was trying to insult them! Using one's eye to determine exposure is just not a skill that many new photographers think they need. Not all of course... just many. They are applying their talents to managing the new sets of parameters you mentioned. Jeffrey Hausner <Buzz@marianmanor.org> wrote: >Gee, Jim, I hope not. I am teaching my children to understand light and to >be able to estimate exposures on nice wide latitude films. ... as am I. The eye is a much more sensitive instrument than any light meter! Michael Garmisa <elmar@nyct.net> wrote: >I'm 17 and im pretty good at it.... and getting better with every frame.... >time to go out and shoot.... ...now there's a young man with the right attitude! Keep up the great work! Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net> wrote: >And nobody uses Tri-X any more. Oh man ... I must really be showing my age! Jim Bauman