Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/29

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Subject: [Leica] Epson R-D1 vs. M8? Chimping
From: telyt at earthlink.net (Douglas Herr)
Date: Sun Oct 29 18:50:20 2006
References: <5f1be6b50610291830t3575d1cej5c4e9c524a1edb34@mail.gmail.com>

On Oct 29, 2006, at 6:30 PM, David Keenan wrote:

> I just feel that chimping encourages lazy photographic practice by 
> enabling
> if not forcing the photographer to think about the image *after* it was
> taken rather than before. And *after* is too late.

I consider chimping a valuable technique if used properly, in my case 
to fine-tune exposure.  My subjects often have bright whites where I 
want to keep detail and by checking the first few exposures for blown 
highlights I can make adjustments as nessesary.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com


Replies: Reply from faneuil at gmail.com (Eric Korenman) ([Leica] Epson R-D1 vs. M8? Chimping)
In reply to: Message from ausdlk at gmail.com (David Keenan) ([Leica] Epson R-D1 vs. M8? Chimping)