[Leica] Shoot less... ?

Steve Barbour steve.barbour at gmail.com
Mon Mar 23 03:12:52 PDT 2015



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Steve Barbour

On Mar 23, 2015, at 3:03 AM, Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com> wrote:

I have never heard of photographers considering their work by the acreage of film they use rather than the number of worthwhile results they get. Is this common?

Good question, I am familiar with the idea..."it"s not what you shoot, it"s what you show" and the usual tendency of photographers to underestimate the number of frames they exposed,,,

s

> On 21 Mar, 2015, at 20:14, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:
> 
> A dozen sheets of 8x10 equal 144 shots with a Rolleiflex or Hasselblad.
> 432 shots with in 35mm. Also par for the course. A very common occurrence.
> 
> I shot 10 rolls a pro pack of Delta 100 of one model once in a few hours.
> So I had 360 chances to get it right.
> That was the most concentrated I ever got.
> My Balcars afterwards were quite warm. But they cooled down in time.
> I needed a cold shower for sure.


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