Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mar 2, 2008, at 2:36 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: >> >>Folks, My first steps learning to manage exposure with a new M. >> >> <http://tinyurl.com/29trdn<< >> >> >The subject is my beautiful daughter from the shadow side. Just a >> quick >> casual shot obviously. >> I'm completely biased of course, but I love this one.<< casual and very cute... >> >> > > Hi Ted, thanks a lot for looking an commenting.On the glasses, of > course you are right. This is an extra thing to consider with this > charming young lady. > On the exposure, I believe you about never losing a frame when you > shot all of that Tri-X using the AE on M7's. I got to know my M7 > fairly well too, not to compare with your experience though! > With my first shooting with the M8, I'm finding that it is easy to > blow the highlights in a shot like this. Naturally I have to shoot > from the shadow side. I might end up with some minus dialled in all > of the time, like lots of people apparently do I am always -1/3 to -2.3 on my M8 Steve... > . You have to see this stuff for yourself though. > Cheers > Geoff > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information best wishes, Steve Barbour "I never wanted to be famous" I just completed this book, and it will be out soon. kididdoc@cox.net