Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/20

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Why I do not shoot color
From: Greg Locke <locke@straylight.ca>
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 21:26:17 -03-30

At 07:24 PM 20/02/00 -0500, you wrote:

>In a message dated 2/19/00 10:42:19 PM, megamax@abacom.com writes:
>
><< I don't shoot color because I don't know how.  I don't understand color
>theory,
>color temperature, color tones, color films, and I don't know how to print in
>color.  I don't know how to use color filters nor do I know how to balance
>mixed lighting.  I don't know how to calibrate my monitor to print color.  I
>don't know how to meter correctly to shoot chromes properly.   Miraculously my
>crappy color negs look respectable in grey scale.  >>

         WOW!!! That's the exact same reasons I don't shoot black & white!!


Greg Locke                         St. John's, Newfoundland
locke@straylight.ca              http://www.straylight.ca/locke
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