Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Ted, What can I say? AMEN! Just one comment, IMHO this work exposing B&W but on the times of slide color film it was very delicate if it was overexposed, I usually shot in manual mode rather than automatic, I have spoiled more pictures in auto than in manual, in many cases the correction I do is without metering, instinctively? i.e. in La Rambla in Barcelona, where there are continuously shadow and light areas, I can quickly turn the speeds 2 or 3 to be more or less correct. But in situations like it was when I?ve shoot the ?Indignats? there I don?t take many care to the exposure. Of course my friend Dr. Ted! you are right, in the situations you have shoot you can't spend time adjusting the exposure. Thank you again for your great contribution!!!! we should never forget what you say ?OBSERVE - SHOOT!" Cheers Lluis El 30/01/2014, a las 17:04, tedgrant at shaw.ca escribi?: > John McMaster wrote: > >> You are correct Lluis, over 16 years since I last developed a B&W film! >> Zone system all the way, spotmeter, exposure tests for base density then >> development tests for highlights all measured on a densitometer - how >> quickly I forgot :-(> > > Hi John, > When I read about the shooting methods of many of the crew I become amazed > I ever got an exposure during my 65 years of exposing film on any > assignment in my life? > MY METHOD......"OBSERVE - SHOOT!" :-) KISS! :-) Of course many times I > took light meter readings, generally landscapes and available light photos > of my children. Or working a crowd situation? I would take a reading, then > see what the camera was reading and if they were close? generally were... > SHOOT! Letting camera set and go with what it felt fit to use. > > Imagine me shooting in an operating room and taking meter readings for > every frame when on the last book. WOMEN IN MEDICINE! Where I exposed 500 > rolls of tri-x at ASA 800 using three M7's and a couple of R8's only a > quick peak at the shutter speed red in the view finder. If it looked cool? > 99.9% of the time it was "CLICK!" > > So you can imagine my surprise of many of you lads and all the testing and > checking you went through. The zone system? My interpretation of the zone > system? > > That's the demilitarized zone between the 2 Koreas and all you need to > know about that?????? DON'T GO THERE! ;-) I could never understand about > all the time wasted figuring it out unless you were shooting rocks and > ferns and peeling paint? REAL LIFE MOMENTS? And shooting 36 frames nearly > every frame under various light conditions? > > In any event as many of the LUG CREW who go through all the digital techie > stuff, I still try to keep it KISS as much as possible as I'm shooting . > It'll still be my method as I begin shooting with a new book designer and > editor next week producing a book on the University of Victoria's School > of Medicine and it's ten year celebration. > > However I'm in awe of the folks who have the patients for all the extra > "checking" and adjusting you go through in capturing your exposures. In > deed great admiration! > > HENNING RESPONDED: > Subject: Re: [Leica] Comparing B&W M9/MM > > > "I would say expose for the highlights, because if they're overcooked > you'll never see them again. Process (develop) for the shadows. This is > closer to how one treated slide film and in that sense it's like all > digital files. With the MM files you just have more DR and can easily pull > things out from the shadows when necessary.<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > I suppose one could offer: "What works for one shooter is total confusion > to another?" > > BOTTOM-LINE? "Whatever ones method is, as long as the end result is a cool > dude photo? Who cares how you capture it? Unless a special effect is > required for a similar looking image... IE: SWISHY - PAN IMAGES CREATING > SPEED APPEARANCES?" > > cheers, > ted > > > > "wHAT'S GOOD FOR ONE IS TOTAL CONFUSION FOR ANOTHER? tHE > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information