Re: More "disasters" from Lynchburg, VA. (fwd)

[Yiing Lin <ylin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 10:41:54 -0500
From: Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: photo-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: More "disasters" from Lynchburg, VA.

At 10:23 PM 1/9/96, Lauren Michaels wrote:
>I used my slr for an exposure meter for a long time but I also ALWAYS used a
>grey card. You need to go re-take your snow pics and open up a good two
>stops! Your camera's meter is REFLECTIVE. It is metering the REFLECTED
>light. You camera will select a shutter speed/f-stop combo that will make
>the snow appear 18% gray on film, NOT WHITE. I guarantee you this. Re-take
>your pics. They might well be collectors items someday!


A great example of where an incident light reading probably would have been
more useful...

Lauren is making an important if fundamental point regarding meters, what
they measure, and how they work.

I wanted to add another point to hers, namely, that this is another example
which illustrates the point that serious 3-D photographers need to be
photographers _first_. That the fundamentals of exposure, the mechanics of
film and development, and the _very_ basic concepts of recording reflected
light from dimensional objects in interesting and provacative ways are all
common to all types of photography.

It sometimes seems that we sometimes maintain our group focus on the
differences between flat and stereo photography. I'm suggesting that they
are more similar than they are different, and there is no substitute for
learning the basics. It makes better photogs of anyone who takes the
time...


Eric G.
egoldste@xxxxxx



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