[Leica] Re: Read my lips - no new cameras (Gene Duprey)

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)]

Hoppy,

I also am guilty of too much tech stuff and not enough shooting.  Sorry Ted!

So it's Bob's fault the name was wrong!  Oh well, it gets butchered quite a 
bit anyway.  ;-)

Gene


-------------- Original message from "G Hopkinson" 
<hoppyman@bigpond.net.au>: -------------- 


> Gene, I understand what you are saying regarding that light range. Others 
> have commented too, that the tropical light is extreme. Fair enough. I was 
> just trying to say that the same rules and limitations that apply for 
> transparency film ought still be valid in Hawaii. And of course, say that 
> Velvia should render those luscious greens beautifully. 
> 
> However Ted has sternly chastised us for spending time on a technical 
> discussion rather than just shooting photos, so it's past time for me to 
> be 
> quiet. ;-) 
> 
> Regarding copying your name wrongly, NOT GUILTY! All I did was reply to 
> Bob's post, which contained two instances of your name from your earlier 
> post. Hand corrected post title above. I've added "Duprey, timewith and 
> extreeme" to my dictionary 8-b. Sorry, couldn't resist. 
> Maybe the e-mail application is the guilty party. I often see less common 
> characters converted with different character sets (so it looks like a 
> spelling error when it arrives). Or an incorrect auto spell correction? 
> 
> Cheers 
> hOpPy 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org 
> [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of 
> grduprey@mchsi.com 
> Sent: Monday, 28 August 2006 09:38 
> To: Leica Users Group 
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Read my lips - no new cameras (Gene DuPrey) 
> 
> Hoppy, 
> 
> At least you could copy my last name right, it is Duprey, no capital P. 
> ;-) 
> 
> I had a terrible timewith the extreeme light range in scenes over there 
> with 
> slide film. You can have extreme bright and dark areas in a scene without 
> realizing it. I had much better luck with print film than slide film. I 
> guess if you have several slit density ND filters you could get better 
> returns with slide film. Also in areas with less light variances, like the 
> beach or similar areas slide film would work just fine. 
> 
> Gene 
> -------------- Original message from "G Hopkinson" 
> : -------------- 
> 
> 
> > Bob, I don't see the described wide light scale as being detrimental to 
> > using slide film. No more than any other occasion where you use 
> transparency 
> > film and must expose it thoughtfully (and I would think, not 
> > dissimilarly 
> to 
> > a DSLR regarding not blowing highlights?). Certainly the colour neg has 
> > a 
> > greater latitude, as we all know. But think of all of those luscious 
> greens 
> > and ocean blues. Velvia 100F through Leica glass is awfully good. 
> > 
> > Regarding the HDR approach of combining multiple separate exposures of 
> > the 
> 
> > same scene, I've read another variation recently. A single RAW capture 
> > is 
> > converted three times, biasing for highlight, mid-tones, shadow 
> > exposure. 
> > Then those three RAW conversions combined. 
> > 
> > Can't wait to see what you come back with and post after your trip. 
> > 
> > Cheers 
> > Saturated fine grain Hoppy 
> > 
> > -----Original Message----- 
> > From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org 
> > [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf 
> > Of 
> > bob palmieri 
> > Sent: Monday, 28 August 2006 08:08 
> > To: lug@leica-users.org 
> > Subject: [Leica] Re: Read my lips - no new cameras (Gene DuPrey) 
> > 
> > 
> > On Aug 27, 2006, Gene DuPrey wrote: 
> > 
> > > Bob, 
> > > 
> > > I would caution the use of slide film in Hawaii, as you will find 
> > > the lightscale very wide and slide film does not have the latitude 
> > > to capture it like print film. My personnal opinion - Iwasted alot 
> > > \of shots on slide film and had much better results on print film. 
> > > Photo possibilities are vast and you will need lots of film. Have 
> > > a good time out there. We are planning a trip for next July. 
> > > 
> > > Gene 
> > 
> > Gene - 
> > 
> > Thanks for the good wishes and advice. Based on the early responses 
> > of you, Frank & Hoppy I'm beginning to think that this expedition 
> > would be an ideal situation in which to try some of this "High 
> > Dynamic Range Photography" I've been reading about, in which you 
> > shoot a few snaps of the same scene on a 'pod at different exposures 
> > and put them together in the All-Powerful Computer. 
> > 
> > Bob Palmieri 
> > 
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