Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Of course if your final goal is to project those slides, you'd better get it right the first time. That's why I like the spot meter and meter highlights or the most important object in the scene. That's also why I seldom use 35mm focal length lenses because you can't crop extraneous detail out of a projected slide. Bud Harrison McClary wrote: > On 9/3/99 10:14 AM dwpost@email.msn.com wrote > > [Snip] > > Dan you are quite correct. At the office here we shoot almost > exclusively Velvia. I tend to choose darker chromes than my fellow > photographer. The difference is usually only 1/2 stop, but is quite > noticable on chrome. Of course we are trying to second guess the > printer...will this print too dark??? maybe we should go with the lighter > cause they never get it right and better too light than too dark... me > being the belligerent crass fool I am say to h*** with them, they can > match my damn slide!! Of course in the end I end up going with the > lighter one cause I know they can't match my slide and the dark one will > just get ruined... > > Harrison McClary > email: harrison@mcclary.net > http://www.mcclary.net > preview my book: http://www.volmania.com