Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello Duri Thank you for the instructions for life. You must be a very spiritual person. I agree with the philosophy of the Dalai Lama. Regarding the NY Institute of photography, once I bought the course at a garage sale for $5. I no longer have it, but can tell you that you should be very careful about correspondence courses. They are very expensive and corresponding from CH to NY can be very expensive as well. Many years ago I researched all the NY schools (I lived in NY at the time). I found that they did not teach enough technical theory to be worth the money they charge. But I needed to study under a teacher because I do not have the intuition required to interpret book instruction (remember that a correspondence course is only book instruction with some guidance). So I decided to attend Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California. I am very glad that I did. An other list member gave you some very good advice, and I would like to reinforce it: practice , practice, and PRACTICE. I can assure you that you can be 10 times better than you are now by merely learning just a few key points. For instance, I do not use an exposure meter outdoors in sun light. Here is how I do it. The ISO of the film can always be used as the shutter speed at f:16 with the sun behind you. If the sun is to the side at 90 degrees, open 1/2 stop. It the sun is in front open 1 stop for semi silhouette or 2 stops for full detail. Example (with full sun behind the photographer): Film ISO 100, shutter speed 1/125 (the closest to 1/100) at f:16 But if you do not want to use f:16, open the lens and "close" the shutter 1/250 sec. at f:8 1/500 sec. at f:5.6 1/1000 sec at f:4 Goodbye bis bald, Joe Codispoti Tell me what camera you have and what lenses and I will give a very interesting assignment to explore.