Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/02/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I marvel that, amid this verbal tsunami, my question was actually answered! Thanks to all who can keep on point. -Lew Schwartz On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > HI Nathan, > > Yes I'm sure I may have done some of that. But without question because in > my case even though having a regular job. Every other minute I was out > shooting all kinds of stuff. In many cases during the "long days of summer > with light at dawn I was out looking for picture moments until it was time > for my regular job. Camera still with me there were all kinds of picture > moments in and about Ottawa until sunset and after! J > > > > Mine was a week long class room. Some weeks I'd shoot 20 or more rolls a > week. Out shooting until darkness before I'd return home. Then soup all the > film exposed that day. Make contact proof sheets of all the film from the > previous days photo adventures. Saturdays and sometimes on Sunday I was at > the local dirt track speedway shooting stock car racing. Irene would sit on > the hood of the car parked in the pits watching the race from there. And on > occasion would sell 8X10 b&W prints for a dollar to crew members from other > pit crews. And we'd go home with $50.oo dollars or more in our pockets! AND > A BIG SMILE!:-) > > > > I wasnt' a "roll of film a week shooter!" I would buy 100' rolls of tri-x > and load my own cassettes! It could be 10 rolls a day or more shooting! My > introduction was like walking into a big class room and shoot, shoot day > after day. Other photo buddies where always writing stuff down. ME?? I > learned by doing so much shooting because so much of it just came naturally > without a lot of writing and reading. Or if you read something in a > magazine and there was time immediately to try it? I was out the door on a > new learning adventure trying whatever the new stuff was. Obviously lots of > the nonsensical stuff I never bothered with. > > > > Learning portrait lighting my children were still in high chairs. So > that's where they were against blank cream white wall while I learned what > all kinds of portrait lighting effects were and practiced. And yes > (un-willing at times) Irene sat in as an adult model. > > > > It was a truly "WE LEARN BY DOING!!!!!!) Not just reading and writing > notes! J And a few snaps once in awhile. Irene at times would say "SHE WAS > A PHOTO WIDOW!" J But all that paid off in later years! > > > > cheers, > > ted > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On > Behalf > Of Nathan Wajsman > Sent: February-14-15 9:53 AM > To: lug Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Monochrom metadata and uncoded lenses > > > > Ted, when I was learning photography back in the mid-80s, I did write down > exposure data. When you are learning, it can be useful to keep track of > aperture and shutter speed, so as to better understand the effect of > aperture on depth of field, for example, or shutter speed vs. motion blur. > Today, our digital cameras record this info automatically; I doubt that it > adds more than ?0.10 to the cost of any camera. > > > > Cheers, > > Nathan > > > > Nathan Wajsman > > > > Alicante, Spain > > http://www.frozenlight.eu > > http://www.greatpix.eu > > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > > > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 14 Feb 2015, at 18:45, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > > > > > > Frank Dernie OFFERED MOST INTERESTINLY: > > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Monochrom metadata and uncoded lenses > > > > > >>> The camera measures the difference between the light coming through the > > > lens onto the exposure meter cells and the light impinging on the little > > > frosted plastic window on front of the camera. It calculates from the > > > difference what the aperture value must be. It is not spot on but good > > > enough for record keeping. > > > Frank D.<<<< > > > > > > > > > HI Frank > > > Please accept this question not as some "smart-ass question from a > > > non-technical photographer?" > > > > > > But please explain in common-man's language "what does much of this > > > actually do for the quality of the photo content?" I read about this > stuff, > > > then look at some of the captured images with some of these so called > wonder > > > cameras compared to those out of an M3--M5 --M6 and my immediate > re-action > > > is? "SO BIG DEAL THE PHOTO IS CRAP!" > > > > > > If long before all this new fangled whiz-bang "COSTLY MANUFACTURING CAME > IN > > > VOGUE?" Creating a double, nay a tripling in some cases of a Leica cost. > > > Along with so much other weird named stuff? > > > > > > Many many people shot magnificent photo moments of incredible subjects > and > > > captured "LIFE TIME MOMENTS!". And some if not many? Are still doing so! > > > > > > This stuff we're talking about, does it really really make your photos > rate > > > being on the cover of "LIFE? LOOK" PARIS MATCH, DER SPEGIAL????? NATIONAL > > > GEO? If so then fair enough and I'll stop questioning all. > > > > > > However? If it does diddlysquat but get the "belly hairs on some > scientific > > > gizmo designer excited?" Certainly without obvious in the image content? > Why > > > bother the buyers in doubling the cost of the cameras? > > > > > > If whatever they add on will make my photos jump off the pages of my new > > > books? Fair enough, I'll shut up for ever! Now if ever there was a tough > > > call about me and equipment ????????? I'll have to bite my tounge very > hard! > > > :-( > > > > > > Thank you for your usual kind and understanding responses. > > > > > > cheers, > > > ted > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > > > http://www.avast.com > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > http://www.avast.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >