Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I still have the Soligor spot meter with the adhesive Fred Picker zone tape around the lens barrel. Jeffery On Sep 13, 2010, at 6:54 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > I love the zone system. That's how I learned photography and it all makes > sense to me. I still meter off of something zone 5 every time I take a > photo. > > Tina > > On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 7:11 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: > >> The very first thing I say to somebody asking me about the zone system who >> doesn't know is zone V equals middle gray. Certainly a start off or null >> point. Think of the V as the exposure needle aiming at the middle or at >> any >> rate delivering to you middle gray no matter WHAT you point it at. That >> made >> it easy to remember for me. Zone VI or IV is a stop lighter or darker than >> that. Onward to infinity. Buy me an espresso and I'll explain the zone >> system in ten minutes. About a minute a zone. >> >> -------------------- >> Mark William Rabiner >> Photography >> mark at rabinergroup.com >> >> >>> From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 17:51:07 -0500 >>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] New Picture Place >>> >>> Tina, I can't relate to the zone system, but I like the dark, dull gray >> of >>> the LUG gallery. It works, whether or not I put >>> frames on the images, and always looks great to me. >>> >>> Thanks, Brian. >>> >>> Jim Nichols >>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> >>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 5:16 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] New Picture Place >>> >>> >>>> I like Zone 5 gray for a background. It doesn't make photos look either >>>> too >>>> dark or too light - just right. >>>> >>>> Tina >>>> >>>> On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> That's what I hear it started out white. >>>>> My first website had black backgrounds. So did my second. >>>>> My future ones will be white and cream. And those are the ones when I >> see >>>>> I >>>>> tend to like the looks of. I keep all my favorite photographer websites >>>>> in >>>>> a >>>>> folder for quick reference. And I think blogs are starting to overlap >> and >>>>> take over from that. Black is dramatic but kind of foreboding. Gloomy. >>>>> >>>>> I went through a 100$ rag black mat board phase too when that came out. >>>>> And the use of black velvet as a backdrop instead of white I did off >> and >>>>> on; >>>>> mainly off. >>>>> >>>>> Is white the color of evil on the eastern hemisphere? Then that makes >> me >>>>> evil then to those guys. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -------------------- >>>>> Mark William Rabiner >>>>> Photography >>>>> mark at rabinergroup.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> From: Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> >>>>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>>>> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:31:44 -0500 >>>>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] New Picture Place >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at >>>>>> rabinergroup.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I wish I got to see the white background. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> It was white. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> -------------------- >>>>>>> Mark William Rabiner >>>>>>> Photography >>>>>>> mark at rabinergroup.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Tina Manley, ASMP >>>> www.tinamanley.com >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information