Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Roger that. Scott Don Dory wrote: > Scott, > Shoot RAW and then you can shoot just like you always did. That was the > short answer. The long answer is that you are going to shoot many > hundred > frames learning how the meter and sensor handle light. Once you > understand > just how the camera will work in strong backlighting or with extreme side > lighting then you will know how to use exposure lock or where to point > the > camera before setting your exposure. > > Really no different than when you are breaking in a new film or > developer. > At first nothing works quite like you planned and then at some point it > falls in to place and it becomes an extension of your eye and hand. As a > certain Canadian states; Geesh, look at click that click. > > Don > don.dory@gmail.com > > > On 9/13/06, Scott McLoughlin <scott@adrenaline.com> wrote: > >> >> I wonder if the M8 will suit M users' shooting style. Can >> one take a single incident reading, and then just shoot at >> will for a few dozen frames? Or do you have to do alot >> of histogram chimping for each frame, ruining the shooting >> experience? >> >> I find I do alot of histogram chimping on my DSLR, but I >> certainly don't concern myself with this kind of thing when >> shooting willy nilly down the street with a 28/2 on an M6 >> loaded with HP5+. >> >> I'll be very interested to hear M8 user experiences - one year >> after the M8's introduction. >> >> Scott >> >> Ken Iisaka wrote: >> >> > All cameras are nothing more than a box with a lens attached, anyway. >> > The word, camera = chamber, right? >> > >> > :) :) :) >> > >> > >> > grduprey@mchsi.com wrote: >> > >> >> All digital cameras are nothing more than a computer with a lens >> >> atached if you want to look at it that way. You could also apply >> >> this to the last series of AF film cameras for that matter. >> >> Interesting that everyone was bashing Leica for not producing a >> >> digital camera, and now that they are doing this they are getting >> >> bashed for producing just what everyone wanted, with everyone bashing >> >> them for producing a computer with a lens atached. Well this is just >> >> what you wanted and it is the same computer with a lens type of image >> >> maker that everyone else makes. >> >> >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Leica Users Group. >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> -- >> Pics @ http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps >> Leica M6TTL, Bessa R, Nikon FM3a, Nikon D70, Rollei AFM35 >> (Jihad Sigint NSA FBI Patriot Act) >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Pics @ http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps Leica M6TTL, Bessa R, Nikon FM3a, Nikon D70, Rollei AFM35 (Jihad Sigint NSA FBI Patriot Act)