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Subject: [Leica] gonna go crazzie, film for the trip GO DIGITAL! ;-)
From: jefferys at gmail.com (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Tue Jan 25 18:10:57 2005
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I haven't been able to do that, i.e., shoot and then go to the screen
looking for histograms, etc. My eyes are not cut out for all of that.
Maybe when I could see without classes.


On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 18:01:12 -0800, Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca> wrote:
> Alastair Firkin offered:
> Subject: Re: [Leica] gonna go crazzie, film for the trip
> 
> >I really don't think you will regret it. Some times, when I use a digital,
> >I find I spend too much time looking at the images I've taken and miss the
> >next shots, or don't think about them. In nepal, I found film was
> >fine.<<<<<<<<
> 
> Hi Alastair,
> The secret with the digital is, shoot without continuously going to the
> screen. Truthfully as you, I and most others have learned it's a hard thing
> to avoid. Even after a few minutes shooting.
> 
> I realize "looking and chimping" is all part of the digital method. 
> However,
> if one forces themselves to "shoot like the days of yore" ;-) with film, we
> never looked at anything but shutter speed and aperture settings. And 
> rarely
> totally screwed-up without seeing the pictures as we took them.
> 
> So with digital it's continuously shoot until it's over, unless one is in a
> very critical situation where there isn't any room for a screw-up. In the
> old days we'd bracket like crazy and cover our butts as much as possible.
> Today digital is a bonus to have the screen to check. But only when the
> looking doesn't interfere with seeing and possibly missing the prize 
> winning
> picture while one is head down chimping!
> 
> I try to avoid the screen because it breaks seeing the subject for the
> ultimate picture moment. I even find it a damn pain in the ass having to
> change lenses and this will to be corrected shortly with at least one or
> more bodies! OR! ;-) I "WILL" go back to film because I can use 3 M7's or
> more without any fiddling, much like a painter working with several brushes
> at the same time. Certainly when things are happening all around me.
> 
> Now if I were a "rock & fern" shooter one camera would be just fine and
> probably bigger would be better. :-)  But noooo, I had to like shooting
> people oriented things.:-) Therefore I use more cameras at the same time
> because one learns to "write with them" when working with people in action,
> be that whatever.
> 
> Not looking at the screen is definitely a challenge, but one must learn to
> get by it. Otherwise there's great potential to miss the ultimate moment
> gawking at the screen to see how "badly you did!" ;-) instead of paying
> attention to the scene before you.
> 
> There isn't any question digital is becoming the way to go simply because,
> as I'm learning and I know many others are, the amazing print quality
> available and with a couple of 2 gig cards in your pocket and one in the
> camera you can shoot away for a fair amount of time without missing a beat
> or being frustrated at the security counter in an airport. :-)
> 
> Looking at the screen is a wonderful fascinating thing to do, if you
> consider you "just shot the picture and here it is!" ;-) A neat fun kind of
> feeling. However, it can also be our downfall if we do not learn to view at
> the right time when it doesn't interfere with our shooting. Or possibly
> missing a magical moment.
> 
> It's a tough call not to look every few minutes or every shot! But if one
> doesn't get by it and return to "shooting as things are being exposed and 
> to
> hell with the screen" there's such a great danger of many fine picture
> moments being lost while head down!
> 
> ted
> 
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