Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>>>> On Mon, 24 July 2000, John Coan wrote: > > I have lately been shooting Kodachrome, and it comes back mounted. I > found myself of late taking the fresly returned (after two of three > weeks argh!!!) slides and putting them on a light panel with a loupe one > by one. The good ones go in one pile, and the bad ones go in the trash. > > I wonder if anyone else throws away the bad slides the first pass? > Sometimes I think it's rash, but once I see what I did to screw up I > don't want them hanging around any more! This is also very functional > to reduce storage requirements by 75 percent, or more! > > J > Yes, absolutely! Unwanted motion, wrong DOF, dumb ideas, stupid expressions all go in to the trash (unless I've got blackmail in mind, then the stupid expressions stay <g>). I usually reduce my storage requirements by 80 to 90 percent. Doug Herr <<<<< For me, 5 keepers per roll is a _good_ average! 2 or 3 is more realistic. It's depressing when you have to chuck out the whole roll after a cursory glance! As for _really_ good pictures - 1 every ten rolls if it's going well. Rob. Robert Appleby V. Bellentani 36 41100 MO Italy tel. (+39) 059 303436 mob. (+39) 0348 336 7990