Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Brian said in part: My experience with photography has been that automatic cameras require more work in the darkroom. If I meter carefully, set the exposure once, and then shoot the whole session at that exposure, the images for that shoot are all consistent. So, in the darkroom, I can usually just crank out the prints, with perhaps a little dodging here or there. I agree with that and to a large extant I don't use my auto camera's any more for that very reason. Why deal with twenty buttons, knobs and dials to use a camera manually when I can deal with an M and use two? I suspect that is why you see so many flash shots outdoors, the flash shrinks the dynamic range of the shot to make workflow easier. However, my shooting style typically doesn't revolve around shooting in a fixed location. Typically, I see something, shoot a few frames, and move on. Even when I am working a scene that might involve many different lighting situations. Which brings us back to DSLR work flows. I can shoot in RAW mode and consume vast quantities of memory and involve similar time in the light room adjusting images as I would scanning slides. Or, I can shoot in a JPEG mode and do much of the processing at the time of shooting. As I indicated earlier, I will probably stay with film for a while longer until more details work themselves out. Don dorysrus@mindspring.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html