At 04:47 PM 12/8/98 -0500, you wrote:
>
>
>On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Denton Taylor wrote:
>
>> >>Why the moral judgement on
>> bracketing ? Very strange. >>
>>
>> It's a philosophy. A way of life. Don't waste. Do it right the first time.
>> Learn the craft. Less is more.
>
> I am not wasteful. I can easily nail a shot with speed, elegance, and
>color that would amaze you. It's just righteousness, asserting that your
>way is better and condemning what others do.
>
>> Some people get off on not bracketing, some get off on finding all their
>> gear at garage sales :-)
>
> Mr. Taylor, you presume a lot. I bought 5 OM bodies and 11 lenses
>brand-new. Yes, I regularly buy stuff used, but then, that is to recycle
>the hardware, and surely someone as concerned about waste as yourself
>would approve, no ?
> I have to admit that never did I imagine the outright hostility people
>would evince simply because of a mere technical difference. Just the mere
>awareness that standards for ISO for film manufacturing are +- 1/3rd stop,
>(for a given batch, which is why you SHOULD test the batch too) and that
>the same goes for labs, should tell you that exposure is hardly
>an anal retentive's wet dream. What you think you're pinning down may be
>more elusive than you think.
> Wasting my time,
> *= Doris Fang =*
Hi Doris.
I didn't condemn anything, or anyone.
There's no doubt in my mind you too can nail a shot.
I think you're having a bad day :-) And I'm sorry to hear you think you're
wasting your time. And I approve of buying new equipment, and used
equipment, for different reasons :-)
I have my philosophy, and you have yours, and others have theirs. Why can't
we just leave it at that?
Regards,
Denton Taylor
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