Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Each with our own preferred methods for different scenarios. Just work with what you have in any Leica body or any other I guess, just don't wish extra stuff onto my next Leica ;-) ......I think I hear Ted entering the room.... Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 31 January 2014 13:47, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote: > The point is, for street photos, a simple +1 lever is simple and works well > most of the time. > > > On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 7:39 PM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net > >wrote: > > > Even if I'm sitting still my subjects are jumping in and out of different > > lighting conditions with a wide variety of backgrounds. > > > > Auto exposure has not worked well for me unless the critter stays in the > > same light as the background and is the same tonal value as the > background > > and if that's the case what's the advantage of auto exposure? > > > > Just more stuff I don't need to remember: > > > > Is the animal staying in the same light? if so, is the meter going to be > > fooled by the background? if not then I can use auto exposure. If this > is > > where AE works, what's the point of it? > > > > Doug Herr > > Birdman of Sacramento > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > > >From: Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> > > >Sent: Jan 30, 2014 6:36 PM > > >To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > >Subject: Re: [Leica] Comparing B&W M9/MM > > > > > >Different horses for courses. In a fast moving street situation, > > auto-stuff > > >is useful and one can learn exactly how much the meter is fooled. If you > > >are sitting around in one area or in areas where the exposure is > > relatively > > >similar, then of course manual is just fine. > > > > > > > > >On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 5:52 PM, Doug Herr < > wildlightphoto at earthlink.net > > >wrote: > > > > > >> Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > > >> > > >> >Or more precisely, the Leica large spot meter is a dumb, simple > system > > >> that > > >> >does exactly what a dumb system does, accurately and predictably. > What > > you > > >> >told it, not what you meant! No training wheels ;-) ;-) > > >> >When you get the wrong result (as I do regularly) the error is not > > inside > > >> >the camera ;-) ;-) ;-) > > >> > > >> Exactly why I use manual exposure 100% of the time. The light meter > is > > >> totally, predictably dumb. I never have to guess what the meter is > > >> compensating for and guess how much compensation I need to reverse. > > >> > > >> Doug Herr > > >> Birdman of Sacramento > > >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Leica Users Group. > > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > > >// richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > >// http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >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 > > > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >