Hey, this is about my ratio too! Maybe there's something to that 80 sq in rule.
I find that my 8x10 negs are consistently better than any others. I thought that is because I take longer to carefully set it up, given the cost of the film, and the fact that I only have two holders so I can only shoot four negatives per outing.
But maybe it's also because I am using up all my 80 sq in at once! --shannon
I find that I have been pretty consistent with getting about one good image per 80 square inches of film shot. Usually when shooting 35mm I like about one frame per roll, when shooting 120, I end up liking one frame per roll, and with 4x5 about 1 in four is a keeper. I am thinking of going to 8x10 so that I never take any bad shots any more! --- nicolas <nicolas3141@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:I have noticed that amongst the people in my classes, they often complain upon arrival that they get very few good shots per film and would like to improve the ratio. After I have finished with them the changes are that they firstly shoot more and secondly impose higher standards on themselves. The net result is that they still only get a few good shots, but they throw away even more. On the whole I think my classes may cause them to reduce that good/bad ratio rather than improve it. Cheers, Nicolas --- Laurence Cuffe <cuffe@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Theres a quote I like from someone called Harrison > which I misremember from the leica manual: > "Proficiency in small format photography comes from > practice not expenditure" > Another one which gives me much solace is from > Robert Doisneau "The first 10,000 photographs will > not be particularly good..." > And finally from Feynman: "Why should you care what > somebody else thinks". > > Personally I tend to ignore the first and think that > with just one more piece of kit will do it, one the > second quote I'm convinced that he got a decimal > place wrong and I have high hopes that I'll start > getting good results around the 100,000 photograph > mark, and as for the last I remain consistently > astonished at which of my photographs other people > like. In this context I think an interesting > exercise is to hand a bunch of photographs to > someone else and as they go through them note which > ones they pause on for longer than five seconds. > > All the best > Larry Cuffe > > > > > > > ============================================================================================================= > >To unsubscribe from this list, go to > www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the > same e-mail address and password you set-up when you > subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. > > > > >=============================================================================================================> To unsubscribe from this list, go to > www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the > same e-mail address and password you set-up when you > subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. > Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com=============================================================================================================To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.__________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com =============================================================================================================To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.
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