Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/30

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Subject: [Leica] Epson R-D1 vs. M8? Chimping
From: faneuil at gmail.com (Eric Korenman)
Date: Mon Oct 30 03:26:48 2006
References: <5f1be6b50610291830t3575d1cej5c4e9c524a1edb34@mail.gmail.com> <ea15f2370225b586b929b27be4521769@earthlink.net>

I agree - Blown highlights is so much more common now in the digital realm.
Checking your exposure is much more important now (compared to shooting neg
film).

Eric


On 10/29/06, Douglas Herr <telyt@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>
> 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
>
>
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In reply to: Message from ausdlk at gmail.com (David Keenan) ([Leica] Epson R-D1 vs. M8? Chimping)
Message from telyt at earthlink.net (Douglas Herr) ([Leica] Epson R-D1 vs. M8? Chimping)