Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The point is, for street photos, a simple +1 lever is simple and works well most of the time. On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 7:39 PM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>wrote: > Even if I'm sitting still my subjects are jumping in and out of different > lighting conditions with a wide variety of backgrounds. > > Auto exposure has not worked well for me unless the critter stays in the > same light as the background and is the same tonal value as the background > and if that's the case what's the advantage of auto exposure? > > Just more stuff I don't need to remember: > > Is the animal staying in the same light? if so, is the meter going to be > fooled by the background? if not then I can use auto exposure. If this is > where AE works, what's the point of it? > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > -----Original Message----- > >From: Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> > >Sent: Jan 30, 2014 6:36 PM > >To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >Subject: Re: [Leica] Comparing B&W M9/MM > > > >Different horses for courses. In a fast moving street situation, > auto-stuff > >is useful and one can learn exactly how much the meter is fooled. If you > >are sitting around in one area or in areas where the exposure is > relatively > >similar, then of course manual is just fine. > > > > > >On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 5:52 PM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at > >earthlink.net > >wrote: > > > >> Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > >> > >> >Or more precisely, the Leica large spot meter is a dumb, simple system > >> that > >> >does exactly what a dumb system does, accurately and predictably. What > you > >> >told it, not what you meant! No training wheels ;-) ;-) > >> >When you get the wrong result (as I do regularly) the error is not > inside > >> >the camera ;-) ;-) ;-) > >> > >> Exactly why I use manual exposure 100% of the time. The light meter is > >> totally, predictably dumb. I never have to guess what the meter is > >> compensating for and guess how much compensation I need to reverse. > >> > >> Doug Herr > >> Birdman of Sacramento > >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > > > > >-- > >// richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > >// http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto