Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]:-) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Douglas Herr Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 4:16 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] How does the Leica R8 calculate exposure in matrix metering mode? On Fri, 24 May 2002 15:33:59 -0400 "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote: > :-) Don't get me wrong, Doug; I certainly > believe that autofocus and motordrives - and > matrix metering have their place. But > bracketing subjects that may move at all? I > don't think so.;-) agreed on all counts. add automatic focus bracketing (does the new Contax N do this?) to automatic exposure bracketing and you get one exposure out of nine that's right - assuming the subject doesn't move. B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Douglas Herr Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 2:29 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] How does the Leica R8 calculate exposure in matrix metering mode? On Fri, 24 May 2002 14:14:51 -0400 "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote: > I'm always amused by the concept of bracketing - > except for 'trees and rocks' work. > > ....so while bracketing is great when you're > using a tripod to shoot a giant redwood on a > windless day, using bracketing with matrix or > any other form of metering may insure that you > will have at least one correctly exposed frame > out of three, it never insures that you have the > right frame correctly exposed. I've seen examples of this where the photographer was using a motorized auto-everything camera to photograph a heron in flight - the photo with the best exposure had the heron in a dorky wing position, auto-focussed on the bird's wingtip while the head was clearly out of focus. And this in a magazine article explaining the virtues of automated camera features. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html