[Leica] The Farmers Market

[kanner at acm.org (Herbert Kanner)]

So, after eight years of getting totally out of practice, I decided 
to attempt some street photography. Approached the market area with 
butterflies in my stomach: "Don't take my picture," I remember a 
vendor saying to me some years ago. When I last tried it, the camera 
was an M6 and I remember metering the sunlight and shadow areas and 
remembering the two F stops that worked at my chosen shutter speed. I 
probably used the rangefinder religiously.

Today, with an M9, I decided that I could just leave it sit at F/11. 
Then, taking to heart an article I had read recently, I decided to 
just set F/11 on the infinity mark, i.e. setting it at the hyperfocal 
distance for F/11. It was a pleasure. I'd just slam the camera up to 
my eye and snap; nobody noticed me. Because of what I thought was the 
high contrast of the situation, after shooting the first half dozen, 
I set it up to bracket: three shots, one a stop under, one a stop 
over. When I got to look in Lightroon, it was obvious that bracketing 
had not been necessary. The range was within the latitude of the 
sensor, and all wanted adjustments could be done in Lightroom.

C & C Welcome.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/Market/

Herb
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Herbert Kanner
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