Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted, Isn't it more a case of you having done it so long you don't have to think about it. I think that a basic understanding of the zone system (no capitals) helps us until exposure becomes second nature. If you are taking a picture on a sunny winter day in the snow (sunny day on the beach for non Canadians), I'll bet you open up a couple of stops after lighting the two arrows with even thinking about it. No? Ken > -----Original Message----- > From: Anthony Atkielski [SMTP:anthony@atkielski.com] > Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 5:37 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Grey Zone > > From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@islandnet.com> > Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 05:17 > Subject: Re: [Leica] Grey Zone > > > > Frankly, I don't think anything, I just never took the > > time to read all that stuff because it took away picture > > taking time! And all I wanted to do was take pictures! :) > > This is kind of the way I feel. I will practice setting exposure until I > am > consistently getting properly exposed photographs, but I don't really plan > to go > beyond that, since actually taking the picture is more fun than worrying > about > exposure. I figure that once I can figure out where to aim the camera for > metering and be aware of the unusual situations that might require me to > tweak > something, that will be good enough to get proper exposures, and then I > can just > take pictures. > > -- Anthony