Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]While like Ted I don't give a hoot about the reflectance of the white spot on the shutter curtain, I have to say that this big spot business is the best metering method I've used so far. When I started using the Ms I thought a smaller spot would be a far better deal, but in fact the ability to select a large enough area of a scene to get a range of light that more or less adds up to an average for the exposure you want to make means that it's very fast and easy to use. I shoot only slide and this meter has given me far more consistent exposures than any other I've used. It took a while for me to learn to trust it, but my incident meter hardly ever gets out of the bag now. This is one thing about the M cameras I wouldn't like to see changed. In fact the more I use them and in very difficult lighting conditions, the more I realise they're just right - for me! As for what to shoot in Delhi, my first suggestion would be, Sikh rikshaw-wallahs. But shooting is too good for them. Photographically, a project I always wanted to do was to photograph the range of protests going on at Jantar Mantar, from the sublime to the ridiculous - from tibetan hunger strikers to government drivers on a "relay fast unto death" (which means they each miss a meal one after the other). There's always a good range of protesters camped out there, it's very interesting. Otherwise, Old Delhi, near the Jamia Masjid and Red Fort, is beautiful and vibrant, chaotic and noisy, something and whatever. You could do a whole story about pigeon fanciers, for instance, flying their birds off the roofs of the old town. Just what you want from india. The rest of delhi is endless suburbs, certainly full of interest, but less immediate. Rob. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.