[Leica] IMG: Jammed

[john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)]

Thanks Ted, I have a copy of your book ;-) 

Maybe it is what I shoot, I find myself fighting automation and for me it is 
quicker to shoot manual everything. I took some shots on aperture priority 
this week (EVF and OUFRO) and the exposure is out, it is slower to look for 
exposure compensation than put it on manual.... An average lit scene is OK 
but anything off that and auto fails for me, as a result I almost always 
keep things on manual .

john

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> John McMaster OFFERED:
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Jammed
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> 
> >I think you are giving cameras the credit for too much knowledge, they
> >are dumb 'if this do that' type machines - I think you needed the auto
> >ASA with manual exposure. I stick with all manual ;-)<<<<
> 
> Hi John,
> I gave all that manual settings up when I started shooting with 3 Leica 
> M7's.  I
> bought one first and shot 3 rolls of Tri-x 400 @ ASA 800 with the camera
> selecting the exposures each frame. Souped the 3 rolls together and made
> prints from each roll after the camera selecting the exposures. Each roll 
> givin
> identical print exposure times in the developer under every type of 
> lighting
> conditions......... they all printed using the identical print exposure 
> time for
> acceptable prints.
> 
> I immediately ordered two more M7 bodies as Sandy Carter and I were about
> to start shooting our international all B&W book...... "Women in Medicine. 
> A
> Celebration of their work!" The third of my Trilogy books on the medical
> profession in action! I have the last copies about to arrive shortly from 
> the
> publisher. Will it be printed again??? Good question given the lousy state 
> of
> class book publishing these days?
> 
> On that book shoot I exposed 500 rolls of film all shot on automatic, ASA
> 800 and never lost a frame from "Automatic exposure selection!" Regardless
> of lighting conditions!
> 
> If you care to see a book on these incredible medical ladies when the 
> photog
> is using Leica M7's, on automatic and B&w film and all available-light? As
> many of the LUG crew have done in the past, you will find it very
> enlightening as this book comes with a "PHOTOGRAPHER'S supplement"
> filling in all the details of how it was shot and why! Along with an e-mail
> address where you are most welcome to ask all the questions about the
> photography,
> who-- why?
> 
> cheers,
> ted
>