Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark Rabiner wrote: > > Walter Levy wrote: > > > > John wrote: > > > > "Turn off the meter, and practice judging the exposure by eye." > > > > When I was at RIT in the mid-70s our instructor gave us a fun assignment. > > We each received a list of 36 locations around campus, both indoor and > > outdoor. We were to shoot one black and white exposure at each location, > > without using a light meter. Very instructive, and confidence-building. > > > > Walter > > This thread appears about every couple of months: we are all to dependent on our > meters; should build confidence and sensitivity and go without them. > I'll weigh in again this time and say that I've shot thousands of rolls of film > over decades and I don't buy it- Don't go for it and don't like it. > Once or twice when out street shooting my meter has gone dead on my and I was > able to find my way home. > Most of my shots came out. > But I say forget the Force, use the meter, get the shot, it may not come again. > Mark Rabiner I shoot almost all my black and white street shots with out a meter and I find I can work faster this way. I haven't blown many exposures so badly I cannot print the neg. in quite some time. But my point was not to never use the meter, but that learning to judge exposure will help one to use a meter wisely and as you say, when the meter fails you don't throw up your hands, unable to continue. I think it should be required learning in a good photography course along with proper use of meters. John Shick