Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Which circle of confusion did you pick? -------------------- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ mark at rabinergroup.com Cars: http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb > From: leo wesson <leowesson at gmail.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 20:41:38 -0600 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] What are the most important aspects of a photographic > image ? > > Who? > > Thanks! > Leo Wesson > 817.733.9157 > www.leowesson.com > > > On Jan 3, 2011, at 19:30, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote: > >> My first photo seminar was with a Famous West Coast Photographer. His >> advice >> was ditch the 35mm and get a real camera (I think I brought an M3 and a >> couple of Summicrons, or maybe a Contax to the class, but definitely >> TriX). >> So I bought a nice 4x5 field outfit, a Linhof Technica and lenses, and for >> good measure an 8x10 rig also. The focus part was a little tedious. Once >> you knew the distance to the target, you pulled out a little chart for >> each >> lens that showed the range of focus for each stop, based on your desired >> circle of confusion. Then you measured the various zones, which gave you >> the >> key to the ISO for that shot and thus the development time for that >> particular sheet, based on your densitometer tests. After, of course, you >> had consulted your reciprocity failure chart. Sometimes it happened that >> by >> the time I made the exposure everything of interest, including the light, >> had >> vanished. Then the light bulb began to flicker on that something >> more...immediate...m > ight be appropriate. Then, Gracia Dios, along came digital and the > exposure > comp dial. >> >> Ken >> >> >> >> On 1/3/2011 6:33 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >>> I think its nice to get the thing in focus most the time. >>> >>> >>> -------------------- >>> Mark William Rabiner >>> Photography >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >>> mark at rabinergroup.com >>> Cars: http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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