P3D Re: Stereo Camera Cases

[Bill Davis <bd3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: Bill Davis <bd3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

>>I'm possibly the exception on this list, or at least among the "talkatives"
>>on this list, but when I go out to shoot, I generally pick *which* camera
>>I'll be using and go with it.  Even in a place like Disney World or Busch
>>Gardens, which end up captured on video as well as flat and stereo photos,
>>I will rarely carry more than one format at a time.  A couple of extra
>>rolls of film in a pocket and I'm ready to boogie.
>

>From Greg W. (gjw@xxxxxxxxxx)

>IMHO, you're depriving yourself of options and you're not shooting
>enough pictures.


I guess I would opine that I've eliminated unnecessary options.  How many
pictures is *enough*?  If I get the shots I want, why would I need to shoot
more?

This topic comes up occassionally on this list, where someone says "I shot
xx rolls of film last year and will shoot even more this year"  From my
(admittedly limited) point of view, unless it's a business and business is
improving, one should be learning as they go and *reducing* the amount of
film needed to get one's shots.

>If you limit yourself to "a couple of rolls extra of film" that you can
>fit in a pocket, then you limit your choices of emulsion (you can't
>switch from 50ASA Velvia, for example, to 100 ASA Ektachrome when the
>cloud cover rolls in).  
>

Well, I use Kodachrome 64, which seems to be versatile enough for sunny
*and* cloudy days. Do some folks really stop and switch films when the
available light changes by an f-stop or two?  Isn't it easier to adjust
shutter speed and/or f-stop?  Or am I missing something?

>And you'll be second-guessing yourself about
>whether you should take the picture or "save" the film for a better
>opportunity that might come along later, if you only have an extra roll
>or two. 

A roll in the camera, two more in my pocket makes nearly 90 stereos.  I
would need to shoot in *extremely* interesting areas to worry that 90 shots
won't be enough for an afternoon or even a day.  

>And what about flash fill?  Can't button up that case with a
>flash on the camera.
>

Can't drop the camera into a bag with flash attached either.  Or does one
just get an even bulkier bag? :--) I designed the flash bracket for my
camera to slip under my belt and hang there nicely, so I wouldn't need an
extra bag to carry it.

>What I'm hearing here is that the folks who like the field cases are
>basically snapshooters who'll grab a few photos under "ideal" conditions
>or punt.  Am I wrong?

Can't speak for all the others, just yours truly.  Basically a snapshooter,
yes, but if I just shot under "ideal" conditions I wouldn't need the extra
film at all, just the roll in the camera.  With one roll in the camera and
two in my pocket, that's at least 60 shots, maybe 90.  Is that "a few"?

I *am* selective about composition, focus and exposure and don't use
(waste?) a lot of film or time bracketting exposures.  ("Only four more,
keep smiling, folks!") That would easily triple or quadruple my film use,
and I'd still end up keeping only the properly exposed pics.  Better (for
me, at least) to learn to hit the proper exposure with the first shot.

I don't ever punt my camera.  I don't understand the reference. 

    >-Greg W. (gjw@xxxxxxxxxx)




Best regards,
Bill Davis

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