Hi, Having had a good lesson from Godfrey yesterday about exposure, and some tips on processing RAW, you'll find no disagreement here.
It's not "too hard to get it right" (although I'm still working on honing the skills needed to do so), you just have to know what to do and then practice and experiment a bit. And you've got to know your gear - how it works, its idiosyncrasies, and so on. For example, what Bruce taught me that works for him on the istD is not the best approach for working with the istDS - at least as I understood what Bruce had to say. It took a long time, and many mistakes, before I could properly process or expose B&W film. What the problem is, imo, is that too many photogs have removed themselves from the process, just snapping the shutter and then sending the film to a lab for processing. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Paul Stenquist > I've seen where digital has in some ways raised the bar. To get the > exposure latitude with digital that is inherent in color negative film, > you have to shoot RAW and you have to know what you're doing. For the > time being at least, that means doing it yourself. A few of the > lightweight pros I've met who went back to film after a brief foray in > digital, complained that it "was too hard to get it right." By the way, > I see a business opportunity for someone who opens a pro lab that knows > how to handle RAW and can automate the process -- or charge enough to > make piecemeal work pay. I've talked to a number of wedding > photographers who are looking for just such a lab. > Paul > On Oct 29, 2005, at 12:22 AM, graywolf wrote: > > > I think I have to agree with that, Shel. > > > > graywolf > > http://www.graywolfphoto.com > > "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" > > ----------------------------------- > > > > > > > > Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > >> It's just that attitude that has contributed to the lowering of the > >> quality > >> bar. Usable results - maybe. But high quality results - maybe not. > >> > >> Shel > >> > >> > >>> [Original Message] > >>> From: Tom Reese > >> > >> > >>> They don't need to worry about exposure with color negative film. > >>> There's > >>> enough latitude that a three stop miss will still give usable > >>> results. > >>> > >>> > >>>> I've saw evidence of that at the photo shop. We used to do a lot of > >>>> processing for pros. When they started making the transition to > >>>> digital > >>>> you could see who really had a handle on exposure and who didn't. > >>>> Not > >>>> many did. > >>>> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >
