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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Casual Portrait with Summilux 50 asph
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Mon Mar 3 06:54:27 2008
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On Mar 3, 2008, at 3:11 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:

> Geoff,
> I have -2/3 dialed in on my Nikons all the time. I think it is a  
> digital
> thing!! If you shoot RAW it shouldnt matter, though

yes,

is that an absolute fact though  ?


Steve



> - my advice is never
> shoot jpg, always RAW.
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 2:15 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au 
> >
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Alastair, it seems to be a consensus. I am not yet ready to
>> surrender that all of that first EV all of the time. More practice
>> required. Gee I wish it had the EV comp on an analog dial on top. I
>> hate menus. I got a case for it with a flap that covers the display.
>> Two advantages. No left eyed nose grease and stops me chimping too
>> much.! Really I need to get used to the metering patterns and use the
>> AE lock like on my M7. Don't need no stinkin' histogram when I'm
>> shooting.
>> Cheers
>> Geoff
>> On 03/03/2008, at 4:39 PM, <afirkin@afirkin.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Lovely: my only comment with the M8 is that overexposure can spell
>>> death to a photo and if like me you don't chimp and check after
>>> each image I'd set the exposure to -2/3 at least: I run on -1 ev
>>> most of the time.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> --- hoppyman@bigpond.net.au wrote:
>>>
>>> From: "G Hopkinson" <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au>
>>> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
>>> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Casual Portrait with Summilux 50 asph
>>> Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 17:14:25 +1000
>>>
>>> Folks, My first steps learning to manage exposure with a new M.
>>>
>>> This is with the Summilux M 50 asph wide open. Now it has become a
>>> short portrait 67mm or so!
>>>
>>> <http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/93634580>
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/29trdn
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The subject is my beautiful daughter from the shadow side.  Just a
>>> quick casual shot obviously.
>>>
>>> I'm completely biased of course, but I love this one.
>>>
>>> Just look what the lens does on the 10MP sensor!!
>>>
>>> Now to get better at the exposure control without throwing away too
>>> much at the highlight end.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers, Geoff
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/
>>>
>>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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best wishes,

Steve Barbour

"I never wanted to be famous"

I just completed this book, and it will be out soon.

kididdoc@cox.net















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