Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Real men don't use a meter!
From: "Tom Wyse" <tmwyse@centuryinter.net>
Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 13:21:27 -0500

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From: Noel H. Charchuk <nhcharch@calcna.ab.ca>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Friday, May 29, 1998 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Real men don't use a meter!

>
>Bravo, Marc, I agree. I was up at a ski race in the mountains this winter,
>there was a pro dragging around a case full of the N word gear, messing
>around with an incident meter. Meanwhile I had a Leica II, and the old
>eyeball. Saw the pictures later, other than the telephoto shots, which I
>wasn't doing couldn't see the difference between pictures, seemed like a
>lot of effort. The thing that was baffling was this was a bright cclear
>day the light wasn't changing, but the photographer kept checking it
>again and again!?!?!
>
>Noel Charchuk
>Calgary, Alberta
>
>On Fri, 29 May 1998, Marc James Small wrote:
>
>>
>> At 48, I regard myself as merely "moderately ripened" and not yet as old,
>> but I am perfectly happy metering most scenes using the "sunny 16" rule.
>> It gets dicey, though, when working indoors or in low-light, and
bracketing
>> is a necessity here!
>>
>> Marc
>>
>>
>> msmall@roanoke.infi.net  FAX:  +540/343-7315
>> Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!
>>
>>
>