> >Doesn't the iPhone have a simple "voice memo" app? > > Yes it does. That's an option. Of course, with DSLRs you can often > record the voice memo directly onto the exposed frame - I could do this > with the 1DmII. With, film the correct procedure would be to jot down > the info onto a notelet and photograph it on an adjacent frame to the > actual frame of the scene ;)
the problem there is that you then have to write down the 2nd exposure details and photograph them; then write done those details and, well, you can probably see where this is going. To be honest, I've never understand why people write this information down after the event, and especially why they publish this information with their pictures. I can't see how anyone else can benefit - I've never looked at a photograph and wondered what aperture and shutter speed was used, and I've no idea what to do with the information when people provide it. The only value that I know of in having this information is when I write it down before I take the photograph, as part of a trial or test plan. For example, I want to understand a bit more about the Voigtlander 75mm lens I bought a couple of months ago, so I have planned a series of shots, and noted down the apertures I want to use to test different things. I'll use these as my script, noting alongside them what I want to know, and later when the shots are done make notes of what actually happened. This has value to me, whereas wandering around doing general photography, then noting the technicals never has. And, while we're on the subject, looking for an app that does it strikes me as a classic example of techno overkill. B -- 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.
