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I agree that a print isn't a good gauge of exposure accuracy, but a digital file is a quite accurate measure. A RAW file is, in fact, untouched exposure data. Paul
But is absolutely no use unless you print it or put it on a monitor, thereby introducing another level of variables. Slide film is the _only_ single process image producer in common use.
From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 2005/05/20 Fri PM 02:04:29 GMT To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net> Subject: RE: Understanding exposure? Recommendations?
What do you mean, William? Isn't this what I've been saying all along? Or are you saying that if you wepose badly, you'll very likely become a great printer :-) But being a skilled printer, doesn't mean you shouln't expose properly, does it? Prints still can't produce deatails lost due to inproper exposure. Burned out highlights is a good example IMO.
What Bob said. That proper/inproper exposure is exclusivly the printers Toncern/problem. Not the photographers. This is where I disagree. And I will continue to do so. Even when shooting RAW I get bad exposures from time to time if I rely on the cvamera metering suggestions.
No. My interpretation of what Bob said is that "if you use prints to evaluate your exposure quality/process, you have to take into account the vagaries of the printing process. To eliminate that, you have to use a first generation image producer - currently the only one is slide film" I find it hard to believe that you don't grasp the difference for this purpose between using positive film and making prints from either a negative or digital file.
mike
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-----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 20. maj 2005 15:29 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Re: Understanding exposure? Recommendations?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jens Bladt" Subject: RE: Understanding exposure? Recommendations?
I don't agree. It has nothing to do with printing. We are talking about exposure here - not about how to resque faulty exposures.
Jens, get a grip. If you don't learn how to make good exposures, then you are going to be spending a lot of time fixing buggered up pictures. This will involve some screwed up exposures.
I became a much better darkroom worker by doing printing for photographers who didn't produce good negatives.
William Robb
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