Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted In line with your sentiments regarding the auto-exposure advantage of your M7, is it true that most photo-journalists using film today, use autofocus, autoexposure SLR cameras? Assuming, of course that the noise of an SLR is not a driving factor. Jerry Ted Grant wrote: > John Collier asked: > > > And lo what beauty from the XTOL arises? > > > > Welcome back Ted!<<<< > > Hi John, > Well with 200 rolls of Tri-x 400 rated at 800 from our past two week > assignment, souped in XTOL 1:1 at 75. degrees for 8 minutes with agitation > the first 30 seconds and each 30 seconds until the completed time, things > are looking very good. It's 100 done and 100 to go by Friday evening and > over! > > Nothing like using 3 M7's for consistency of exposure, frame after frame, > roll after roll! Of course this doesn't mean every roll is filled with > beautiful mind blowing images, it just means the exposures are as equal as > they possibly can be. Now editing will take place next week, then the > printing of 11X14 work prints and hopefully all will be completed from > Montreal, Victoria, Vancouver, Phoenix, New York and Boston. > > And after 16 years of M6's on all kinds of assignments around the world, the > M7, without a doubt is the answer to my dreams of shooting quickly on fast > moving subjects in all kinds of varying light and locations without moments > of manual adjustments of shutter speed and aperture. > > I realize there are people out there with wet knickers twitch of challenge > about what I've said, however I don't give a flying hoop what they say > because I'm using these cameras daily under working conditions and I don't > give a damn what they say! Mine is experience every day and not twinking a > frame or two a week! ;-) > > I just re-subscribed, so having seen some of the same old blather I thought > I might as well come on with the fists up and ready to do battle. :-) > > However, you also know I'm really a pussy cat and a lover, not a word > fighter....that is unless some one comes on with a bunch of stupid crap that > has nothing to do with the realities of using Leica's over a 50 year period > with real time experience as a working photographer. ;-) > > So there you go eh? ;-) Happy faces all over the place! :-) :-) :-) :-) > > ted > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html