Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bernard wrote in response to: >Thought you might wonder about this bracketing method.:) > >Photographers of a well known magazine when they had money to burn, used a >bracketing method called, "Spin the ring!" I know of a few others out there >that shoot this way or certainly heard they have used it. > >Goes like this. > >First frame, shoot metered exposure: Set winder or motor drive and then >fire camera while turning aperture ring all the way open and back to >smallest opening as the roll is finished. > >Remove film, bracketing scene is completed. Insert new roll for next >situation. >I think some people are getting crazy - maybe the moon. Pro : no need to >meter - con : my pockets aren't deep enough to take the rolls.>>>>>>>> Hi Bernard, I haven't had the guts or stupidity to blow off a roll of film in this spin the ring fashion, not that I haven't been tempted a few times. I just can't imagine doing it, even though at times I bracket severely, I can't just clickity click a whole roll and spin the aperture ring end to end. And I sure don't have deep pockets for film use in this manner. ted Ted Grant This is Our Work. The Legacy of Sir William Osler. http://www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant