Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:31 AM 9/17/96 -0400, you wrote: >At 12:14 AM 9/17/96 -0700, you wrote: >There is another strange view associated with this--if you know what you are >doing, you don't have to bracket. Well, I assure you that the professional >landscape photographers who work in color do when they can! One reason is >that (following on my recent metering post): there is no such animal as an >objectively "correct" exposure. It's an interpretive question (especially >with the subtle changes available with slide film and 1/3 or 1/2 stop >bracketing). If you bracket, you'll get to make a choice when the film >comes back! Charles, I agree with you. I was actually trying to be funny. I know I'm a dismal failure at that all too often, but... <g> I don't normally bracket, because I cut my teeth on chrome film, and normally get a good exposure first time out. In my line, photojournalism, that's what counts. Yet, when it's something that needs precise exposure, I often bracket manually or automatically. If the light's really bad, or off color (i.e. flourescent) I will shoot neg film and be done with it. But, when I'm in a tricky situation, I turn on the Auto bracketing on my EOS1n and let 'er rip - three frames at a time. Or use the wheel on the back to trim exposure up and down quickly. Wish the R8 had something like that quick dial. I would not be able to resist it if it did. That's the smartest doo-dad Canon ever came up with. (Second is the off switch to it.) Nothing wrong with bracketing, as long as it's accompanied by thinking. Still, I'm counting my pennies and contemplating coming back to Leica R. In fact I just dusted off my R7 and am taking it to work today. First time in over a year.And my change in attitude is not just for what they've recently introduced, but the attitude they seem to be taking - really hot cool lenses and a radical departure from the past (shape of R8 - 1/250 flash sync., matrix metering, etc.) Can AF be that far off? I don't need focus assist. That slow I can focus fine. It's speed that counts! =========== Eric Welch Grants Pass, OR A husband said to his wife, "No, I don't hate your relatives. In fact, I like your mother-in-law better than I like mine.