[Leica] Shoot less... ?

Mark Rabiner mark at rabinergroup.com
Mon Mar 23 13:57:23 PDT 2015


I'm saying here Steve that when you shoot larger format you shoot less
exposures and no one complains.


On 3/23/15 6:12 AM, "Steve Barbour" <steve.barbour at gmail.com> wrote:

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> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 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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