on 6/20/02 6:08 PM, Doggre@xxxxxxx at Doggre@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Well, I'm disappointed with SOME of the pics I took at the Bellingham
> Highland Games on the 1st. Not wanting to be too bothered with matters
> photographic, so that I could "focus" my attention more closely on the events
> and the piping, I threw the 2S into autoexposure mode and just focused and
> shot. The 35 -105 3.5/4.5 was a joy to use. I really didn't feel the need
> for a wider or longer lens. Then I got the slides today. Provia 100F. The
> contrast between the shade on my side of the field and the bright sun on the
> majority of the field, including the far side, meant that I have some
> (several, in fact) throwaway pics. Should have taken the time to spot meter
> and mentally interpolate a usable aperture. Where the majority of the scene
> was in full sun, or all shade, all's fine. I don't blame the camera for ANY
> of the disappointing shots. Provia 100F is wonderful slide film. I love the
> natural colors.
Slide film... little latitude for a contrasty light situation. Color
negative would probably have gotten more on the film, then you could work
with the important subject areas.
>
> Tacoma Highland Games this coming weekend. More Provia 100F, after a first
> roll of K64. I'm going to give that spotmeter a workout. Maybe shoot one
> pic in AE and one in manual, just to compare results from each mode. Haven't
> ventured into "Program" mode yet. There is a lot to learn to get the most
> out of the 2S.
Program is AE with the camera choosing the lens aperture also. I don't think
it biases for more than one program, some cameras will offer a choice of
'depth of field' (IOW lower shutter speeds to close up the lens) or 'action'
(keeps lens open more for faster shutter speeds). I have a Fujica AX Program
that offers a couple choices. I don't know which way or how Olympus biased
the Program function on the OM-2s, maybe its in the manual...?
>
> Hard part is, I'm getting into piping. For those of you who "speak"
> bagpipes, cousin gave me her dad's old Peter Henderson African blackwood
> chanter. No longer made (Hardie now has the shop, right?). I was
> speechless. Just about passed out. Took it to one of the vendor booths at
> Bellingham H.G. to get a reed for it, and the guy said, "Ooooohhhh, you've
> got a Henderson!" Helped me pick out a reed (omigod, there are several just
> for practice chanters, DOZENS (cane, plastic, soft, loud) for the bagpipe
> chanter, drones -- you think photography is a deep subject -- piping is a
> philosophy and a religion!). Took me over to the cashier, saying, "Mary! He
> has a Henderson!", to which Mary replied, "Ooooooooo!!!!" So of course I had
> to buy a practice CD and book: "College of Piping Tutor". My feet haven't
> touched the ground yet.
Sort of like wandering around with an old Leica...
>
> Last weekend, went to Govt. Locks in Ballard for the free Elliott Bay Pipe
> Band Father's Day concert, and picked up the pipe sergeant's card -- he
> teaches. Again, used AE on the 2S, and everything looks pretty good in those
> slides -- Cool, overcast, even shade light over the band -- not the huge
> contrast situation that existed in Bellingham.
Less contrasty light, much easier for the camera and slide film to work out
OK on AE.
>
> Soooo, I learned a valuable lesson about AE here. When a high contrast
> situation, watch it. Spot meter, compute, and trust your instincts. Or am I
> doing something wrong (a real possibility, I fear...)?
No, I think its situational, just the natural outcome of the light at each
event.
>
> I love playing with all the camera features in most every situation EXCEPT
> watching pipers.... then I want to concentrate on the fingering, the sound,
> etc. Not to mention I usually have tears in my eyes and can't focus for
> spit. I'm WORTHLESS as a photographer around a pipe band. Just mush.
Bagpipe music makes me cry too...
>
> The thing that bothers me most about using AE mode with the 2S is the feeling
> I'm driving a Ferrari with an automatic transmission.... a sacrilege. Surely
> there is some kind of bad karma associated with it for which I will pay
> dearly. Thoughts?
Well, driving a Ferrari with an automatic would still be a very interesting
experience, I would love to do it sometime... any Ferrari. I rode in a 328
once, when it cornered it was like the car bent around the corners...
>(Yeah, yeah, I know, the bagpipes are the punishment...).
Well, I wasn't going to say that... but you're right. <g>
>
> Rich
--
Jim Brokaw
OM-1's, -2's, -4's, (no -3's yet) and no OM-oney...
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