[LargeFormat] Palm software for large format photography

[Karl Wolz]

The worst exposures I've ever made (and still make) are those that are made
when I'm not being intuitive and am slavishly trusting my light meter (and
have forgotten to change the ISO, read off the wrong scale, etc.)(a buddy of
mine calls this "craniorectalitis").

If I don't have a meter with me, I'm always within a stop, and since I
always shoot two so the second can be pushed or pulled, I'm OK.  For some
reason, however, I do always try to carry the meter.

Karl

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Mayrand" <dnaryam@videotron.ca>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 9:32 AM
Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Palm software for large format photography


> Hi Les,
>
> Hi guess that when i'll get more experienced I'll be more intuitive, but
for
> now I sure appreciate the help fo this little device!  ;-)
>
> As ironic as it may sound, Maybe that's what my logbook will allow me to
> achieve after all!! Trusting my intuition by experience!
>
> I just suggested this because I stumble on it by chance, and thought that
it
> might be usefull for me! And since I'm quite a normal guy it think there
are
> chance that it might be usefull to someone else!!
>
> Robert
> Mtl, Quebec
>
>
>
> On 1/8/02 11:21 AM, "lnphoto" <lnphoto@twmi.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > There are two ends of this spectrum. Phil Davis and the BTZS where every
> > movement is recorded and it takes a half hour to shoot something is at
one
> > end. Ansel and the Zone System is somewhere close by,  In the middle is
the
> > huddles masses that shoot what the meter says and not think twice. At
the
> > far other end is the Weston system. "Expose the film until you think the
> > subject is going to move",  was at least one of his rules of exposure,
> > although he was refering to portraits rather than landscapes at the
time.
> >
> > When I go out to shoot "spiritual Photography"  That is photography that
> > satifies my spirit rather than photographing fairies, the most
complicated
> > piece of equipment I take is a lenscap or a country shutter.
Occasionally
> > packard shutter will show up in my bag but I prefer the country. the
meter
> > is in my head. I figure by now if I can't read the light for B&W I
should be
> > come an accountant.
> >
> > Now I will admit when I'm "working for a living" there's no question
that I
> > will fall to the crutch of a light meter and even an accurate shutter.
But
> > time is money here and I couldn't have shot 3500 photographs in a little
> > over three months by divining the exposure (well I did a couple of days
when
> > the battery failed on the meter) and lettting The Force guide me. infact
I
> > had to shoot that medium format because of several factors, cost of
film,
> > subject matter, time frame etc. Perhaps a palm pilot might have worked
here
> > as a log. I don't know what trouble I could have gotten into tapping
icons
> > on a palm in a bouncing truck (oh no I just hit delete!) but will admit
some
> > of my writing took divine inspiration to decypher.
> >
> > Les
> >
> >
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