Ken Norton wrote:
> It's interesting to see how automation has permeated the MF and LF
> professional world too. You have a new generation of professional
> photographers out there that are complete slaves to the technology. I get a
> kick out of them with their Minalta digital flash meters trying to convey
> the information to the electronic wonder bricks of cameras that are giving
> entirely different settings in their viewfinders. Most of them give up and
> run kajillions of poloroid proofs. Meanwhile, there are a couple minimalist
> old-timers who come in, setup, take a reading or two, slide a light around a
> little bit, meter again and fire a couple shots. Ten minutes later they are
> finished and ready to go to lunch. Meanwhile the new generation is running
> roll after roll of film through the cameras with every imaginable bracket to
> cover themselves. (1/10 stop brackets--for crying out loud)
>
> With experience and THINKING one could go in, setup and never take a single
> meter reading.
This makes me laugh! Honestly, I do laugh when I read things like this.
But this new generation do one important thing... They are one reason why the
film sales went up 12%!! This means, if they working even harder we will
definitely have traditional films for a looong time to come!
--
Regards/
Ingemar Uvhagen
Gislaved, Sweden
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