[Leica] Exposure and Development

[walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)]

W. Eugene Smith taught me a fantastic way of putting this together.....

Expose for the shadows .......Develop for the highlights...

Processing has little or no effect on shadow detail but is the cats meow 
in terms of highlights..... While Ansel made almost exclusive use of the 
reflected meter most pros today can be seen reading the scale on a 
Minolta incident meter. When talking about the effects of exposure and 
development on film it's better to use "dense" and "thin". Best way to 
get a grip on all this is to practice. Next time you find yourself 
lusting after  a new lens buy film instead.

Walt
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>> On 3/1/07 1:53 PM, "Lottermoser George" <imagist3@mac.com> typed:
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>>> Under exposure and overdevelopment do not properly describe fine
>>> photographic technique.
>>>
>>>
>>> The terms:
>>> 'over exposure' implies too light and blown highlights
>>> 'under exposure' implies too dark and lost shadows
>>> 'over development' implies blown highlights
>>> 'under development' implies lost shadows.
>>> In all cases these terms also imply poor technique, and lack of
>>> control and/or understanding of what's going on with your materials
>>> and chemistry.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> George Lottermoser
>>> george@imagist.com
>>>
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