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Subject: [OM] Re: Summer shots and two questions
From: "Lukasz Grabun" <lgrabun@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:08:18 +0200
Dnia 28-06-2007 o 08:52:35 <priit@xxxxxxxxx> napisał(a):

> I have to say I'm very impressed with #4, from a technical point of view.
> Flare has never looked so good before :)

Thanks! :-)

Vivitar lens I purchased on ebay some time ago came with no hood which I  
am missing more and more as I more often find myself in situations when it  
would come in handy. Maybe the pictured scene is not one of them and flare  
gives a pictures somewhat dreamy look but there were more shots spoiled by  
a nasty "ghosts".

> I tend to somewhat disagree with what has been said before. Intuitively  
> it seems to me that your thinking was correct and that the center  
> weighted
> meter should have caused underexposure at +/- 0 with the way you framed
> #5. Of course this is assuming the ratio of sky and ground is the same in
> all the bracketed shots.

Camera was mounted on a tripod so all the shots are the same exact to  
alteration of clouds and grass set-up. For me, the ground is not dark  
enough to trick the lightmeter whereas the sky certainly is too bright.  
Maybe the camera is smarter than me (I wouldn't be surprised if this  
statement would hold the truth, anyway) and was fooled by vast highlighted  
areas of sku.

> I think you should experiment and develop a feel for how your own camera
> works with your particular selection of film. Light meters don't meter
> exactly the same, while your're operating with 1/3-s here, a difference  
> of a full stop is not so uncommon (I'm talking about 30 years old  
> equipment
> here of course).

Well, I am still learning and usually leave complicated matters to the  
camera itself. It included light metering, of course. In tough situations  
I use bracketing but as it usually turns out, it seems that the first  
frame tends to be exposed most accurately.

The camera never failed me, lucky of me. Which I cannot really say about  
the photographer.

> Sounds quite accurate. I'm somewhat embarassed to say I've just slapped  
> it on, pointed the camera in a general direction and fired away, never
> thinking about is as methodically as you've described :)

I will do the same, then, thanks. :-)


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