[LRflex] Re: Using the M6
- From: "philippe.amard" <philippe.amard@xxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 19:02:41 +0100
Le 6 janv. 10 à 18:36, David Simms a écrit :
>
>
> anybody know whether Cartier-Bresson had ever used an M6 and what he
> might have thought about it ? Of course, he had schooled himself to
> evaluate lighting conditions and to set exposure in an intuitive
> manner. hence, he didn't need a meter of any kind.
HCB is known for having been lousy at exposure, and his tireurs hair
grew white early I'm told.
So perhaps not the best example to use here.
But as he was the master ...
Ph
> Isn't it amazing how a tool often becomes the master, requiring its
> own use, rather than a slave that merely answers to our needs ? With
> the tools that we develop, do we often throw away some of our
> abilities, just to accomodate them ?
> Dave
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tue, January 5, 2010 9:23:51 PM
> Subject: [LRflex] Re: Using the M6
>
> An M camera is certainly not for everyone. Though once you are
> hooked, you
> get disgusted with all the buttons and controls on other cameras,
> and how
> hard it is to turn things off.
> I shoot an M8 now, almost always on manual
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 11:18 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Well, not really, you fine tune it, but if you look at the way the
>> meter
>> looks, you'll see that micro managing the exposure is not an issue
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 11:14 PM, David Simms <simmszee@xxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey Sonny;
>>> Nothing you've said makes the M6 a necessary item in my camera
>>> bag. I've
>>> got a spot meter that I use for subjects that allow it and a
>>> Lunasix digital
>>> that gives me incident or reflected. In fast-moving situations, it
>>> sounds as
>>> though you preset the exposure, even with an M6. that's all I need
>>> to know.
>>> Thanks. I'd still like to try one.
>>> Dave
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Sent: Tue, January 5, 2010 9:08:36 PM
>>> Subject: [LRflex] Re: Using the M6
>>>
>>> Guys, you're working too hard at this. Just get out there and take
>>> pictures
>>> until you get used to the M6. It is not that critical in most
>>> cases. If
>>> you are into high precision, then you need a spot meter, not the
>>> internal
>>> meter.
>>> With the M6, I would just about always go with what the camera
>>> said, for
>>> print film.
>>>
>>> If I was not close enough to get an exposure off a person's face, I
>>> usually
>>> would take a reading off my hand. This went for M5's and m7's
>>> which I
>>> also
>>> used.
>>>
>>> Tina said she often would take her exposure off the ground in
>>> front of her
>>> as a useful base exposure.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Sonny
>>> http://www.sonc.com
>>> http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/
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>>> (+31.754164,-093.099080)
>>>
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>>
>> Sonny
>> http://www.sonc.com
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>> Natchitoches, Louisiana
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>>
>> USA
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>
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