[Leica] Fwd: Leica 1f question

[Don Dory]

Much like flying your success rate will increase with practice.  If you
want to go without a meter find one of the many sunny 16 guides.  With some
practice you can "see" the light and set exposure.

Second, keep good notes on exposure set vs what you actually recorded
setting up a feedback loupe and happy accidents.

Are planning on developing your own film or letting a lab do it.  If the
latter definitely have a conversation with them about your options and
their recommendations.  If developing yourself open a conversation with
Lluis.  Personally, I would suggest a stand developer to control contrast
extremes.

As to whether it is worth it,  I think if you are up to a relatively long
process to get the results you want with a lot of iterations then it can be
very rewarding.

On Tue, Jul 19, 2022, 9:36 AM simon jessurun via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> From: simon jessurun <simon.apekop at gmail.com>
> To: lug at leica-users.org
> Cc:
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> Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2022 09:14:07 +0200
> Subject: Leica 1f question
> L.s.
> After years of wide Canon’s nice shoots and a farewell to cameras
> eventually and the ease of an iphone with snapseed , I’d like to go back to
> basic stuff guessing exposure, framing and distance. That and finding a
> nice but tatty 1f put a camera in my hand again.
> My question is,
> Is it really possible to forego all the bells and whistles and shoot from
> the hip so to speak. Perhaps some of you have tried. Obviously I don’t
> know. I like the challenge but dont want to waste too much time on a fools
> errand.
> You even reading is , is highly appreciated.
> As usual sorry for the yuckspeak series of one million.
> Fond regards
> Simon
>
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