From: "Bob W"
Doesn't the iPhone have a simple "voice memo" app?
>
> Yes it does. That's an option. Of course, with DSLRs you can often
> record the voice memo directly onto the exposed frame - I could do this
> with the 1DmII. With, film the correct procedure would be to jot down
> the info onto a notelet and photograph it on an adjacent frame to the
> actual frame of the scene ;)
the problem there is that you then have to write down the 2nd exposure
details and photograph them; then write done those details and, well, you
can probably see where this is going.
To be honest, I've never understand why people write this information down
after the event, and especially why they publish this information with their
pictures. I can't see how anyone else can benefit - I've never looked at a
photograph and wondered what aperture and shutter speed was used, and I've
no idea what to do with the information when people provide it.
The only value that I know of in having this information is when I write it
down before I take the photograph, as part of a trial or test plan. For
example, I want to understand a bit more about the Voigtlander 75mm lens I
bought a couple of months ago, so I have planned a series of shots, and
noted down the apertures I want to use to test different things. I'll use
these as my script, noting alongside them what I want to know, and later
when the shots are done make notes of what actually happened. This has value
to me, whereas wandering around doing general photography, then noting the
technicals never has.
When I applied myself to systematically learning photography, having
that kind of information helped me begin to understand my equipment and
how it would perform. Lens trials wouldn't tell me how the combination
of camera, lens & film was going to work out in the real world.
I needed to have that kind of information for the photos I was making
with the equipment I had so I could understand what I was doing with
that equipment.
Once I got my film developed, looking at the photos and reviewing the
aperture & shutter speed (and ISO/ASA) information began to give me a
feel for when I needed to override the camera's recommended exposure.
Having that information to review is how I learned when to over/under
expose to get the images I want.
Not just that. It's the only way that worked for me to really ingrain
the understanding of how aperture controls D.O.F. and shutter speed
controls motion. You need to not only understand it generally, but to
understand it intimately for the equipment you use.
And, while we're on the subject, looking for an app that does it strikes me
as a classic example of techno overkill.
B
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