Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In my experience, I have found that it takes a very special unusual person to be able to apply that level of technical regidity in a way that does not sap the life from art. Bill Pearce > On Jan 3, 2011, at 19:30, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote: > >> My first photo seminar was with a Famous West Coast Photographer. His advice >> was ditch the 35mm and get a real camera (I think I brought an M3 and a >> couple of Summicrons, or maybe a Contax to the class, but definitely TriX). >> So I bought a nice 4x5 field outfit, a Linhof Technica and lenses, and for >> good measure an 8x10 rig also. The focus part was a little tedious. Once >> you knew the distance to the target, you pulled out a little chart for each >> lens that showed the range of focus for each stop, based on your desired >> circle of confusion. Then you measured the various zones, which gave you the >> key to the ISO for that shot and thus the development time for that >> particular sheet, based on your densitometer tests. After, of course, you >> had consulted your reciprocity failure chart. Sometimes it happened that by >> the time I made the exposure everything of interest, including the light, had >> vanished. Then the light bulb began to flicker on that something >> more...immediate...m > ight be appropriate. Then, Gracia Dios, along came digital and the exposure > comp dial. >> >> Ken