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Old July 11th 06, 06:36 PM posted to rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.point+shoot,rec.photo.equipment.35mm,rec.photo.equipment.large-format
Chris
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Default Toss your meters, fools!

joe mama wrote:
Dateline, 7-6-06

Meters are useless

any photographer that shoots more than one roll of film a month (natural
light, not flash), or thirty digital "images" and still requires a meter to
gauge exposure values is not only a hack, but lazy.

i am sick of seeing article upon article...book upon book, based on the
simplest of rules.

for all of the modern conventions attributed to photography, and all of the
gadgets that can make images easier than ever, there is still no match for
knowing one's equipment, being adept at seeing full frame (whatever that
frame size is), knowing the light quality and being able to transcend that
vision to medium.

forget zones, compensation ev's, et al, just look at a perceived image, and
MAKE it. sunny 16 has worked since the dawn of photography. no new-fangled
means of trapping light have ever fooled it. in fact, it can't be fooled. it
is almost as constant as the light we surreptitiously chase!

it has never failed me, and i won't begin to tell you how many images have
been wasted by frittering with meters!

g'night,
dm


Joe Mama is obviously a troll. You guys fell for it.

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Old July 11th 06, 07:38 PM posted to rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.point+shoot,rec.photo.equipment.35mm,rec.photo.equipment.large-format
Jimbo
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Chris wrote:

Joe Mama is obviously a troll. You guys fell for it.


Fell for it? We just spent some time responding to what looked like a
regular post - ended up being a post by an ass - big deal.

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Old July 11th 06, 07:57 PM posted to rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.point+shoot,rec.photo.equipment.35mm,rec.photo.equipment.large-format
William Graham
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"Jimbo" wrote in message
ups.com...

Chris wrote:

Joe Mama is obviously a troll. You guys fell for it.


Fell for it? We just spent some time responding to what looked like a
regular post - ended up being a post by an ass - big deal.

Yeah.....Troll, schmoll....Ended up being an interesting question.....Of
course, we could always go back to arguing about which is better....Film, or
digital.......:^)


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Old July 17th 06, 03:21 AM posted to rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.point+shoot,rec.photo.equipment.35mm,rec.photo.equipment.large-format
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William Graham wrote:

"Jimbo" wrote in message
ups.com...

Chris wrote:


Joe Mama is obviously a troll. You guys fell for it.


Fell for it? We just spent some time responding to what looked like a
regular post - ended up being a post by an ass - big deal.


Yeah.....Troll, schmoll....Ended up being an interesting question.....Of
course, we could always go back to arguing about which is better....Film, or
digital.......:^)



Or better yet whether filmy digital is better than digital film.
 




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