Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Harrison McClary wrote: <<<<<I guess what it boils down to for me is that every time I pick up my camera I act as if my reputation is on the line.>>>>>>> Hi Harrison, Same with me! And I'm sure many of the other pros on the LUG. We can't afford to wrek our reputations due to saving a roll or two of film by thinking one frame will get the best possible image. We can't, particularly when shooting slide film, where bracketing can make us look like wunderkin photgraphers simply because we under or over exposed a shot. Meters in or out of cameras are still a guide to the correct exposure and it usually is. Certainly on an R8! However no matter how perfect the meter read exposure maybe, another exposure a half or one stop under can make it look like a brilliant photographer made this picture! :) Now wouldn't we all want to have the "brilliant photgrapher image" simply by bracketing? I know I'd rather have people finding a diamond image or two within the 10% very best of any shoot, than having 100% (if it were possible) of properly exposed frames. Nice, but OK! But none to make the viewer suck air at the "jeeeeeeeesh man look at that one!!" And quite frankly that's what bracketing is all about! It has nothing to do with wasting film and everything about making great images and keeping our reputations intact. ted