[Leica] ***SPAM*** Re: Tina's softness/sharpness/focus issue - might be solved, in part

[Tina Manley]

Yes, that is true, Nathan; however, when I was using film I would carry 300
rolls of film for a week in Honduras or Guatemala.  I didn't always use all
300 but, since there is no way to buy film in the remote villages of
Central America, my worst nightmare was to be staying with a family and run
out of film.  I never ran out but sometimes I did use all 300 rolls because
I was there and would probably never have the opportunity to photograph
that family in that village again.  That's 10,800 photos per week - more
than I am averaging now with digital.  Those I also had to develop, mount
and file.  Now, as I scan all of those film photos, I am glad I took so
many and sometimes even wish for more with a choice of a slightly different
exposure or lens.  I don't think I use a machine-gun approach.  Every frame
is different in some way.  During those years, I was taking photos for
several different agencies, for myself and for the families - all requiring
a different focus on the purpose of the photos.

I will be 70 years old this year and I'm afraid it's too late to change the
way I work - until I decide to retire (die)

Thanks,

Tina

On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 1:22 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
wrote:

> Hi Tina,
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> May I ask a heretical question: are you perhaps taking too many photos,
> just because it is so easy with digital? You mention a figure of 16000 from
> your Cuba trip, That is more than I take in a year. Now, I realize that I
> am just an amateur while you are a pro, and I also understand that for your
> stock business you need some slight variations of each image, but still the
> number seems excessive. From the way you talk about the editing process, it
> seems to lead to an intolerable burden afterwards, when editing them.
> Perhaps a change from this machine-gun approach would be good for your
> health?
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
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> > On 21 Mar 2015, at 03:15, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > You are right, Mark.  I need to tweak all of them before I judge them.  I
> > am 69 years old.  I won't have time.  I'm still scanning, all day every
> > day, the film from over 40 years of photography.  I just finished
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> > 11,274 slides of Portugal  I'm starting on Spain now, while I continue to
> > edit the photos from Cuba and Vietnam.
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> > Life is entirely too short.
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> > Thanks,
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> > Tina
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