Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Peter, The best thing you could do is to let go of the notion of any photographic medium having "forgiveness." I don't believe that any photo material forgives. Over many decades I've found that the science of photography demands understanding if you expect solid technical results. Each film or chip has specific characteristics which must be understood; and used to advantage. The fact that some color negative film has a greater dynamic range than some transparency film, or a specific sensor chip/camera combination simply means that you must know how to exploit those characteristics, for what ever tool you have in your hands, with consideration to your technical objectives. Old guidelines such as: expose for the highlights and process for the shadows apply very well to digital photography. Once we've got the science understood; then of course the discussion opens up to aesthetics and content. Regards, George Lottermoser george@imagist.com On Sep 17, 2006, at 4:08 PM, Peter Klein wrote: > Ted: Sure. And if you have suggestions for how I could do better, > I'm all ears.