Re: DrT Quotes (backups and bracketing)

[P3D Dr. George A. Themelis <fj834@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Greg Wageman made some interesting comments regarding the DrT quote:

* The equivalent of not bracketing shots in photography is not backing up
  files in the computer.  Unfortunately, I practice both...

I wrote this after my wife deleted all my files (many of them 3d related)
from her computer.  What happened next is summarized in another DrT quote:

* After considerable thought I decided that buying a computer is less
  complicated and less expensive than filling for a divorce...

And I went ahead to buy my own personal computer, a year and a half ago...

Today, I still don't back up my files and I don't bracket exposures... 
Both, of course ,are serious mistakes for the cautious computer
user/photographer.  In photography, I usually "lock" the exposure and take
several shots of the same subject (some from different angles.)  Whenever
in serious doubt (regarding exposure) I usually bracket full f-stops. 
Getting consistently good exposures with the same equipment and not having
lost any important files in the computer is what supports my bad habits :-)

-- George Themelis


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