Re: [OM] 4-up display, was: Sagelight

[Chuck Norcutt]

What you propose is unknown at the start.  If all of the first four are 
better than all the rest then the winner will have been chosen on the 
first pass but not recognized until the end.  I did it for years.  It works.

Chuck Norcutt


On 1/23/2012 9:26 PM, Wayne Harridge wrote:
> Sorry Chuck, I don't really agree with this selection process !
>
> It doesn't make sense to force somebody to select the "best" from each group
> of 4.  What if the first group of 4 are all "better" than any in the other 2
> groups of 4 ?  You've essentially forced the chooser to select 1 good and 2
> poor images for the final selection.
>
> ...Wayne
>
>
>>
>> Now consider that there are twelve such images.  You bring up four at a
>> time and ask mom to choose the best of four.  She says (uh, oh) she
>> doesn't like any of them.  Ignore her and force a choice.  You mark the
>> best and bring up four more.  Mom chooses the best of those four.  You
>> do it again and choose the best of those four.  Now you've got three
>> marked as good candidates.  Bring up those three and maybe add a fourth
>> (maybe one she was hemming and hawing about for a long time before
>> choosing something else).  Now you've got four more for comparison.
>> Bring them up and choose the best.  If she still says she doesn't like
>> any of them you've got a re-shoot on your hands but she'll probably
>> find
>> at least one.
>
>
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