[Leica] Question about M8 exposure

[leica at web-options.com (Bob W)]

Nobody says you _have_ to do anything, but the more you understand, the more
choices you have. 

Bob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+leica=web-options.com@leica-users.org 
> [mailto:lug-bounces+leica=web-options.com@leica-users.org] On 
> Behalf Of Ted Grant
> Sent: 15 January 2009 23:41
> To: 'Leica Users Group'
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Question about M8 exposure
> 
> Now you see what all you folks who understand all this 
> digital technical
> stuff have done?
> 
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> Here I am this past few years just having a great time 
> digital snapping away
> shooting what I thought were pretty dang good photos without 
> a thought other
> than point camera at what looked cool and "CLICK!" 
> 
> Really enjoying photo life without a thought because of it's beautiful
> simplicity. And all of a sudden, Holy Cow maybe I haven't 
> been doing it
> right, well OK maybe the camera hasn't been doing it right? 
> 
> Now I've got to find out what all this "clipping and keeping 
> to the right
> stuff" is? 
> 
> Once in awhile I've seen this image on the screen that looks 
> like a seismic
> disaster of pointy looking mountains, but I never knew it was 
> something to
> do with the picture because the picture 99.9% of the time on 
> the camera
> screen looked pretty cool. Terrific on computer screen."What 
> me worry?" 
> 
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> 
> Now it took several years for Tina and a few others to get me 
> to shoot RAW
> mode. Once I did, it seemed cool as I finally got it through 
> my numb skull
> it's a kind of original image. OK by me.
> 
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> 
> But the thought of having to fiddle something else on the 
> camera screen each
> time I shoot a frame that takes my attention away from the 
> action of the
> moment really isn't what my photography is all about.
> 
> You can't be serious that each time you shoot, you turn on 
> the mountain
> screen, twiddle something to supposedly make image better, 
> turn off screen
> and return to shoot? My goodness how many incredible photo 
> moments are lost
> doing this twiddling and does it really really make such a 
> huge difference
> to the naked eye? If not, and a non-techie type like me would 
> only become
> frustrated twiddling things when I'd rather be snapping away capturing
> moments. Is it truly an absolute necessity?
> 
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> Over!
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> ted
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