totally what bob said - always published aperture and speed in my posterous for those who care but never knew why cheers ecke
2011/1/30 Bob W <[email protected]>: >> >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 > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
