[Leica] Leica MDigital

[bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen)]

Of course the photograph is what counts. The problem  is that for those of
us on  the cusp of film/digital, the LCD on the camera back can get in the
way of the photograph as often as it contributes. There is really no
difference between looking at a histogram, and looking at a reading on an
incident meter - you know that by opening up, or closing down, you shift the
exposure values.

I'm hardly a believer in buggy whips, Gary, having been carrying the digital
banner on this list for quite some time. But I do find, as I said, that I
shoot fewer digital frames than I do film frames. And shooting less means
getting less. Sure, it can be argued that I am shooting less because I know
that I got what I was looking for. And that may be true. But what am I
missing while I'm looking at the images I've already shot? What do I miss
because I say to myself, 'got it. Time to go home.'

Not every 'advance' is necessarily a step forward.




On 9/3/05 4:00 PM, "Gary Todoroff" <datamaster@northcoastphotos.com> wrote:

> B.D. said:
> 
> <<Frankly, it may be argued, if we want to be traditional photography
> 'purists,' that rather than add such a feature, we should be removing the
> LCD entirely. >>
> 
> No, B.D., if we were "purists" we would have pulled the dark-slide and 
> stood
> next to the camera with some flash powder held above our heads!
> 
> Same way as we would be saying that a "purist" driver would never venture
> forth without his faithful buggy whip.
> 
> The photograph is what counts. Anything allowing the photographer more
> creativity to that end is good. Ted - I appreciate that a histogram may not
> make much sense in a fast action shot. However, a difficult lighting scene
> can be instantly previewed with a histogram without needing a spot meter. I
> don't need to even understand the Zone System to intuitively know how the
> final print will look from the spread of values across the histogram.
> 
> Again, it's just another tool - use it or not. In any case, my own
> creativity has expanded dramatically as I learn to use the many tools
> offered by digital cameras, INCLUDING the LCD finder and histogram!
> 
> Gary Todoroff
> (Tree LUGger)
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