Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Good idea, Bud- I also found that in doing printing for others, that what I consider a good print is thought by some to be too dark, and others too light! Even among the staff in the store, I could ask three people to chose what they thought was the best exposure- and get three different answers! Part of doing 'good' printing, is knowing what the photographer wants- I had regular customers for whom I printed lighter than normal since they like the 'airiness' as one put it- others I added a tiny bit of exposure to what the scanner suggested, to saturate the colors and make a darker richer print. I am sure that in dealing with only a half stop, that the subjective judgment of the photographer plays a part here! Some slides, I like 'darker' and more saturated, and a co-worker would swear that I underexposed by a stop! I don't think it is the meter on the M6 as much as it is the subjective judgment behind the viewfinder! I would say- if it works for you, and you get the results you like, make whatever adjustment is necessary! I would daresay, that if we had ten LUGgers at a confab, taking pictures of the very same scene, that no two would 'see' it exactly the same way, or meter it the same way! I would love to have them do it, then poll each to find out what they 'read' , and what they would use to photograph the same scene! I bet there would be ten different 'solutions' to the problem, and most of them would be right! Dan - ----- Original Message ----- From: Bud Cook <budcook@ibm.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, September 03, 1999 9:06 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Metering (was User report 25 Skopar) > Let me point out that there are major differences in the way you meter > for color reversal film vs. print film. You cannot state a specific > method for one and expect it to work for the other. > > Just MHO of course. > Bud >