Ken, I agree that not many newbies care about the nuts and bolts of exposure, but I think Larry’s point is that it would help them if they would only take time to understand. Today I heard a well-done presentation by an art history professor, the general context was Picasso’s animal images, but the point was that Picasso invented new ways of seeing. But at the base, he was a superb draftsman. He could have done anything because he knew the basics. Today’s beginning digital camera users can “use” the camera/phone and produce images, but they won’t likely find their own vision until they understand their craft fundamentals. Stan
Sent from my iPad > On Sep 17, 2019, at 10:25 PM, Ken Waller <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Waller" <[email protected]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 4:14 PM > Subject: Re: Metaskills Part 1 > > >> Larry, I can see you've spent some time putting this together and you are to >> be congratulated for that. Its often very beneficial to put word the screen >> (or paper). >> Here are some of my thoughts on one aspect of your article - YMMV >> >> I'm not sure who you're pitiching this to but some of it appears to ignore >> the current state of cameras which take out much if not all of the technical >> apsects most of us on this list have had to contend with - for example, most >> cameras that can be purchase now have histogram capabilities that take the >> exposure issue out of the equation except for some specific situations, but >> certainly help in getting the 'correct' exposure by simply monitoring the >> histogram. While I don't regret having learned the factors leading to >> correct exposure the histogram make that knowledge unneeded to obtain >> correct exposure - simply monitor the histogram. Think of all the film we >> shot in the past in the quest for correct exposure and not really being 100% >> sure until we got the exposed film back from processing. >> >> I doubt that many 'new to photography' users want to get into the nuts and >> bolts of correct exposure if the camera can do it for them. >> >> HTH >> >> Kenneth Waller >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
