On 10 Jul 2004, at 19:53, Neill Watson wrote:
> I had that feeling of 'that's the one' when I knew I'd got the shot.
> But you still had to wait at the lab to be sure. That's all gone, now.
Dear Neill
Gut instinct says you've got the shot with film AND digital. The beauty
of digital is knowing you've got the picture for sure (checking it's
sharp and correctly exposed just for starters). Hanging around at the
lab was never much fun, even with good food at Saint's cafe in London.
The pain, and sometimes utter trauma, of waiting to see if you had the
shot, is not something I yearn to go back to.
>
> I try not to use the preview screen too much too, I just set it to
> check the
> historgam.
Er, let me get this right. You have just taken the shot of Saddam, Bush
and Blair having a group hug - and you would check the histogram?
Used with care and skill, the preview screen is invaluable.
Cheers
George Brooks
http://www.georgebrooks.net
You are of course, right George. I'm in France on holliay right now and I
was able to dowload everything I shot last night and save it, knowing what I
had instantly.
I do use the screen to check the overall composition, but in bright sunlight
a glance at the histogram I feel gives me a better clue on the overall
quality of the exposure. I was shooting some views of a harbour with plebty
of time to wait for the clouds etc. However, at Goodwood earliere this
month, the screen was invaluable for checking the shot after a sequence of
panning. It all depends on the urgency and likely failure rate.
Perhaps I'm just a bit of a romantic. My Mamiya 645 sits back at home in the
cupboard. I know it should really be on Ebay, but I can't bring myself to do
it....I think I would like to to replace it with something like an XPan or
Widelux for some fun, funds permitting.
Best regards
Neill Watson
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