Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ric Carter offered: Subject: Re: [Leica] T Stops >I always thought t-stops were all about matching cuts in feature films > > With t-stops and pro-batch corrections, those three camera shots could > > be more readily matched in a final edit<< Ok here you are about "T" stops? :-) As I recall what little attention seemed to be paid to this "T stop thing" originally some of the crew I worked with at the newspaper thought it was cool because now they'd have a, "READY?" ................... A coffe break in the morning and a "TEA stop!" in the afternoon. Trust me, it lasted about two days with the publisher! Well he never had any sesne of humour at anytime. :-) We all thought "hey this is great, I wonder who thought of it?" Figuring it was probably started by the Brits and "Tea Time!" Oh well it was funny about 50 years ago or there abouts. cheers, ted > ric > > > On Oct 27, 2010, at 7:54 PM, Sonny Carter wrote: > >> On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 4:19 PM, Henning Wulff <henningw at >> archiphoto.com> >> wrote: >>> In view of the above I remain quite skeptical about this article as a >>> whole. >>> I don't think they have a true handle on what's happening, just as DXO >>> doesn't seem to have a handle on some of their 'quality' criteria or >>> measurements. >> >> T stops. I remember when "they" decided to make it an issue for film >> cameras. It started to fall apart almost immediately. If I recall, >> not too many companies reissued lenses with T stops. Arriflex Zeiss >> lenses did it, but most of us did not rush out and sell our Angenieux >> lenses so we could join the club. >> >> After all, we were shooting Color Neg, and if we transferred to video >> on Rank chains or if we were going straight to print, we had great >> timers doing scene-by-scene corrections. >> >> I was shooting with a CP16 reflex with ttl exposure meter, but I still >> always took incident readings if I could. Later, most of my docs were >> with Aaton cameras, but always with Angenieux glass, so T stops were >> never anything I cared about. >> >> The article seems like it is blowing smoke. I am not too weird-ed out >> if my camera might change the iso slightly to make the picture better >> . . . but then, I'm never in a position to make images that are >> repeatable. >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Sonny >> http://sonc.com/look/ >> Natchitoches, Louisiana >> >> USA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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