Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Darn, my secret is out....Paper punch for "a moon" and I gave away all my Zone System books. Mark Rabiner wrote: >> try this: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Walt+Johnson/moontree_ed_1.jpg.html >> >> sonc >> >> On 9/28/07, Walt Johnson <walt@waltjohnson.com> wrote: >> >>> > > > That's the problem most people have with shooting the moon. > Notice I don't say "a moon". > > Looks like someone took a paper punch and got the transparency! > That's a Zone IX moon! > Needs to me Zone VI! The palm of your hand not a white piece of paper! > > Takes quite a one degree spot meter got ascertain the proper moon response. > > And or a heck of a lot of bracketing on the down side. > Say more than 2 stops... > Which most people never get that far. > Hence the lack of suitable moon shots for the masses. > > Took me till just last year to get one. And I've been trying since 1965. > > > ... That and a long enough lens. > > Or like Ansel memorizing what the moon Luminance is and being able to do > the > math in your head. > > Mark William Rabiner > rabinergroup.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >