Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/15

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Subject: [Leica] Why you don't chimp and delete...
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 10:10:20 +0100
References: <CAF8hL-HEx+CPzBb-uM_qdwhNgP8gLGNSNOsY7HbyY11RDBCXBw@mail.gmail.com>

This one is nice indeed. I too tend to delete little in camera--only obvious 
cases of missed focus or severely missed exposure and the like.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
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YNWA



On Jan 15, 2012, at 9:42 AM, Richard Man wrote:

> I rarely chimp and delete on my digital cameras, unless it's clearly a
> mistake. Since I normally use 16 GB card and never machine gun shoot, I
> rarely use up more than one or two GB per day.
> 
> With film, of course, chimp and delete are not an option.
> 
> This photo starts as a panoramic frame, and a brief look at the (digital)
> contact sheet confirms that I missed the position and it's a nothing photo
> and I wouldn't bother to scan it in high res. Then when I examined the
> contact sheet more carefully, I noticed the boy in the store and severely
> cropped to get this version. The man adds a nice balance.
> 
> Not a great photo, but at least it's half decent and shows the importance
> of not deleting things.
> 
> http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20120115-63.jpg
> 
> 
> -- 
> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
> 
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