Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/09

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Subject: [Leica] re: Exposure and Development
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Mon Apr 9 15:42:16 2007

On 4/9/07 12:26 PM, "Lottermoser George" <imagist3@mac.com> typed:

> Is there a full moon? Folks seem extremely near the edge this
> morning. I thought this conversation ended over a month ago.
> 
> Mark, I never suggested that your exposing for the highlights was
> "weird."
> I totally get your working for highlight placement. It makes perfect
> sense when exposing transparency material, or C-41, or B&W which will
> be processed by an other's lab; or when shooting many different
> contrast situations on one roll. My only point was that if one has
> processing control in B&W shooting - exposing for the shadows and
> developing for the highlights makes the most sense - FOR ME.
> 
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
> george@imagist.com
> 
> 
That's cool I guess after I sent that (had been up all night) I wondered if
it was you who'd really sent that or some guy included your thing into his
thing. Then you'd REALLY be freaked out like I was all over you and you
didn't know why or see it coming.

I think the verbal thing with the charts and graphs is great but if one has
a short stack to back it up blueberries or non it don't make no difference.
A long stack would be better even.

There are people though who do a whole lot of shooting to get that stack and
a bit too much had gone down the tubes as they don't have a grasp on certain
things and its a kind of a shame. We get philosophical in photography as so
much of the real great stuff we shoot gets screwed up.

Mark Rabiner
8A/109s
New York, NY

markrabiner.com



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