Re: [OM] C5050 as a meter, was Quick Poll

[Chris Barker]

Thanks Wayne S.  

I understand you point about distraction: I like gadgets and I am easily distracted ;-).  The final point about bracketing is for me the most important; I must understand when the scene's tonal range is outside that of the film I am using and adjust the exposure, or bracket, accordingly.

Chris

On Wednesday, Sep 3, 2003, at 16:45 Europe/London, W Shumaker wrote:

> Hi Chris
>
> I hope everyone saw my response to Walt. :-) The C-5050 is a great
> little camera with interesting possibilities. But it can also be a
> distraction.
>
> On bracketing exposure, I'm a firm believer in Rod Planck's advice, to
> get the exposure right first time and forget exposure bracketing.
> Sometimes you don't get a second chance. Better to bracket composition,
> angle of view, the moment, etc. than wasting shots with incorrect
> exposure. Here are some reasons for not bracketing exposure, and there
> are probably others:
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> - Bracket exposure only when the tonal range is outside of film range
>   and you may want different results. Like sunsets where it is
>   inevitable that some highlights will blow out. In such cases you want
>   to determine what should be medium tone in the composition, and there
>   may be more than one possibility, especially with film saturation
>   characteristics.
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