Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Black Cat
From: "Simon Lamb" <simon@sclamb.com>
Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 18:08:12 +0100
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Rob

If I am pointing my M6 at a black anything, I would CLOSE DOWN two stops
(smaller aperture, faster shutter speed, faster film speed, whatever) as the
camera will try and overexpose the black anything to make it grey, and I
want it black and will therefore compensate with underexposing.

Is this a terminology thing.  When you say "open up" do you mean by that you
would use f/11 instead of f/5.6 or vice versa?

Simon

Rob McElroy wrote:

Snip

>Mark- if you think opening up to shoot a black cat is "inexcusable",
"weird", "unlucky", or "mind >boggelingly pathetic", then you haven't
carefully
>read or understood anything I have said.  My advice is absolutely correct
and I would gladly debate >anyone who wishes to examine the finer points of
>film exposure.
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