Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Start with AA's The Negative. I found it was the most informative of all. It gives the info regarding exposure, filters, film response, etc. All the technical stuff. The Print is useful if you are doing B&W printing. The Camera was least interesting to me, and would primarily be of interest to large format users, to explain the view camera movements. Tom - ----- Original Message ----- From: Martin Howard <howard.390@osu.edu> To: Leica Users Group <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2000 2:08 PM Subject: [Leica] Sensiometry > > OK, time to bite the bullet. I'm not an "Ansel Adams" type photographer, > more of a "zone focus and point and shoot" with a ball-park scientific > wild-assed guess at things like exposure, development, and printing times. > > However, I feel that I would like to learn properly about the technical > aspects of photography. Not that I necessarily intend to adhere to them > at all times, but I'm the kind of person who likes to know what rules I'm > breaking when. > > So, can anyone recommend a good book on these subjects? A single volume, > please, I don't want to buy the four book AA series at $25 a pop. > > Also, I understand something about film exposure and development, but paper > and enlargement is still a big mystery to me. > > M. > > -- > Martin Howard | > Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU | What boots up must come down. > email: howard.390@osu.edu | > www: http://mvhoward.i.am/ +--------------------------------------- >