Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/15

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Subject: [Leica] Why you don't chimp and delete...
From: ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:16:00 -0500
References: <CAF8hL-HEx+CPzBb-uM_qdwhNgP8gLGNSNOsY7HbyY11RDBCXBw@mail.gmail.com> <37ACA92E-7B3A-48CF-9741-E7F5BBE2B46A@frozenlight.eu>

also:

? You may well miss the photo of the day while chimping

? changing cards is quicker than chimping and deleting

? good cards are cheap

ric


On Jan 15, 2012, at 4:10 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> This one is nice indeed. I too tend to delete little in camera--only 
> obvious cases of missed focus or severely missed exposure and the like.
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
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> 
> 
> YNWA
> 
> 
> 
> On Jan 15, 2012, at 9:42 AM, Richard Man wrote:
> 
>> I rarely chimp and delete on my digital cameras, unless it's clearly a
>> mistake. Since I normally use 16 GB card and never machine gun shoot, I
>> rarely use up more than one or two GB per day.
>> 
>> With film, of course, chimp and delete are not an option.
>> 
>> This photo starts as a panoramic frame, and a brief look at the (digital)
>> contact sheet confirms that I missed the position and it's a nothing photo
>> and I wouldn't bother to scan it in high res. Then when I examined the
>> contact sheet more carefully, I noticed the boy in the store and severely
>> cropped to get this version. The man adds a nice balance.
>> 
>> Not a great photo, but at least it's half decent and shows the importance
>> of not deleting things.
>> 
>> http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20120115-63.jpg
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
>> 
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In reply to: Message from richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] Why you don't chimp and delete...)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] Why you don't chimp and delete...)