Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My first photo seminar was with a Famous West Coast Photographer. His advice was ditch the 35mm and get a real camera (I think I brought an M3 and a couple of Summicrons, or maybe a Contax to the class, but definitely TriX). So I bought a nice 4x5 field outfit, a Linhof Technica and lenses, and for good measure an 8x10 rig also. The focus part was a little tedious. Once you knew the distance to the target, you pulled out a little chart for each lens that showed the range of focus for each stop, based on your desired circle of confusion. Then you measured the various zones, which gave you the key to the ISO for that shot and thus the development time for that particular sheet, based on your densitometer tests. After, of course, you had consulted your reciprocity failure chart. Sometimes it happened that by the time I made the exposure everything of interest, including the light, had vanished. Then the light bulb began to flicker on that something more...immediate...might be appropriate. Then, Gracia Dios, along came digital and the exposure comp dial. Ken On 1/3/2011 6:33 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > I think its nice to get the thing in focus most the time. > > > -------------------- > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > mark at rabinergroup.com > Cars: http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb > > >