Re: Dr. T exposing himself?

[P3D Gregory J. Wageman <gjw@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Tim Smith writes:

..about how he distrusts meters so much, he bought two of them...  "Man
with one meter always know correct exposure.  Man with two meters is never
sure..."  I think Confuscious say that.

>Now if exposre was such a critical issue why did realist come with the 3 dot 
>rule?  Load a camera with Koda 25 or 64...even Sensia 100 (thanks Dr. T), 
>set the Realist on the dots and give the camera to someone who knows nothing 
>about exposure and the result will be a roll of great shots.  I did this 
>with my 13 year old daughter (of course the subject matter was mostly her 
>Dalmation) but I dare say that any one of her shots were not viewable and 
>coud be classified as "good" exposures.

I'm sorry but this isn't possible.  There's a two-stop difference between
ISO 25 and ISO 100 film.  There's no way the same settings could work for
both and give "correct" exposures.  Slide film just doesn't have that kind
of latitude.  Perhaps that's not what you meant?

>Summary?  I use a meter if is convienant and there is no risk of losing a 
>shot...and when I do use a meter I use it only after I judge the scene 
>myself just to confirm or compare.  I think this method has helped me the 
>most in exposure judgement.

OK.  I'll admit it: I'm a girly-man photographer.  I trust my meter and
I rely on it for every shot.  The rest of you eye-ballers are all manly-
men photographers and I'm not fit to clean the dust off your lenses.

Satisfied?

	-Greg

P.S. ;-)


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