Re: PHOTO-3D digest 1361

[P3D Neil Harrington <nharrington@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dr. George A. Themelis writes:

>>I'll even go a couple steps farther and tell newbies (who want to learn)-
>>1. Get a 1 degree spotmeter. Get Ansel's books or other books...
>>3. Get a 'shutter chart' for your camera...
>
>Don, I guess I should be the one receiving the flames... What I find
>interesting is that after 8 years of shooting 3-d w/slide film and
>using the cheapest light meter, I have not seen a reason to
>change my casual attitude towards exposure... invest in better tools
>or look at my cameras carefully... It is postings like this or Greg's 
>that make me wonder if I am missing something... 

George, all this discussion of accurate slide exposure reminds me that many
years ago--before light meters were commonly provided in cameras--I bought
my sister a Yashica twin-lens reflex, which she used mostly to shoot
Ektachrome.  My sister knew little about photography, never owned a meter in
her life, but I can't remember her ever getting anything but well-exposed
slides.  She just followed the exposure directions that came with the film.
Granted, she never took pictures in anything but good lighting conditions.

I, on the other hand, started shooting Kodachrome when I got separated from
the service in 1953, and I bought a second-hand DeJur light meter to ensure
that I got perfect exposures.  I followed that meter religiously.  And it
was WRONG, gave me a lot of overexposed slides, which unfortunately I had no
way of knowing until I got home and had the chromes processed.
Irreplaceable shots, needless to say.  I'd have been a lot better off if I'd
just read the packaged directions as my sister did years later.



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