Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- --On Wednesday, April 23, 2003 12:06:39 PM -0400 bdcolen <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote: > In the days of the real LIFE magazine it used to be said that one should > expect to get about two 'keepers' per 36 exposure roll - two frames that > meant something special to the photographer. > > I've always heard that the NatGeo photographers consume tons of > film...But don't forget that they are often involved in assignments that > extend for months, and involve travel to difficult and distant places, > places where you can't easily return - or can't return at all - to get > the one shot you missed. I would assume that if you are doing a piece > on, say, endangered gorillas in the mist, you are going to shoot all the > film you can get your hands on. > > B.D. B.D., You are talking about the National Geo of the "old days". I think very few, if any, assignments are that long anymore. In fact, I think plenty of stuff in the magazine is shot in just a three or four days. At least it looks that way, which is why I cancelled my subscription. Is there anybody who doesn't think that the photographic quality of the magazine has gone way, way downhill? Rolfe - -- Rolfe Tessem Lucky Duck Productions, Inc. rolfe@ldp.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html