On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Jeffery Smith <jsmith...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > I'll be the first to admit that the digital color stuff still gives me a hard > time. I'm not resistant when it comes to modern digital technology (and > converted from the typewriter to the word processor very quickly), but all of > the parameters in digital photography can be a bit overwhelming after decades > in the analog world. I've been leaning toward shooting digital as though it > were color slide film, and that's why the -1 exposure comp. The lighting > conditions were a bit extreme (shade with some blown out sunlit areas, and > theater, with some blown out highlights on the actor's face).
I figured that might be the case. Theater work is often a mostly dark scene with spot lit actor/actress faces; clear contrasty sunlight is always a pain. You are on the right track considering exposure as color slide film. :-) > I'll try to get my lingo right. ;-) Old habits die hard. I also still think > of my Pentax lenses as "x mm equivalent", which I need to stop doing. A 25 > 1.4 isn't all that much like a 50 1.4, even if it is on an Olympus E-1. The > field depth is astronomical. Um, the field of view is about the same as a 50mm on 35mm Film, the speed is the same, but the DoF is two stops greater ... f/1.4 behaves like f/2.8. The difference isn't *that* big, really, but it is significant as you move farther away. I've gotten quite comfortable with it now, but then I always did like smaller formats with lots of DoF to work with at wide apertures. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
