Re: Exposure (WAS: Re: OK Survey time)

2003-06-10 Thread Caveman
William Robb wrote: It has nothing to do with his compentancy, his tools wont allow it no matter how competent he or anyone else is. You seem awfully sure of yourself for someone who hasn't actually seen what he is talking about. And the next-door girl is a cross-dressing nun... you should belie

RE: Exposure (WAS: Re: OK Survey time)

2003-06-10 Thread J. C. O'Connell
ean they are ALL actually that accurate. JCO > -Original Message- > From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 8:49 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Exposure (WAS: Re: OK Survey time) > > > > - Original Message -----

Re: Exposure (WAS: Re: OK Survey time)

2003-06-10 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: J. C. O'Connell Subject: RE: Exposure (WAS: Re: OK Survey time) > He is claiming an ability oggetting a perfect exposure > within 1/3 stop, not is his terms , but objectively. Perfection is objective, not subjective. If his skill level and know

RE: Exposure (WAS: Re: OK Survey time)

2003-06-10 Thread J. C. O'Connell
He is claiming an ability oggetting a perfect exposure within 1/3 stop, not is his terms , but objectively. JCO > -Original Message- > From: whickersworld [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 6:38 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Exposure (WAS

RE: Exposure (WAS: Re: OK Survey time)

2003-06-10 Thread J. C. O'Connell
This guy is is claiming perfect exposures using a non-incident TTL meter. JCO > -Original Message- > From: whickersworld [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 6:54 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Exposure (WAS: Re: OK Survey time) > > &g

Re: Exposure (WAS: Re: OK Survey time)

2003-06-10 Thread whickersworld
J. C. O'Connell wrote: > >Weve been down this road before, unless your aiming your camera at a full screen 18% reflectance subject the meter will over or under expose the subject. the only way you could be accurate is if you manually compensated the meter reading based on the KNOWN reflectance of t

Re: Exposure (WAS: Re: OK Survey time)

2003-06-10 Thread whickersworld
Caveman wrote: > >Pål Jensen wrote: >> A perfect exposure is what I define as a perfect exposure. >> I want that exposure within 1/3 of a stop so that I can get >> what I define as perfect exposure every time. . Tadaa-badaa-da-daa. Twilight Zone. We're discussing a Something that we're not defini

RE: Exposure (WAS: Re: OK Survey time)

2003-06-09 Thread J. C. O'Connell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 7:51 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Exposure (WAS: Re: OK Survey time) > > > JCO wrote: > > > > Weve been down this road before, unless your > > aiming your camera at a full screen 18% reflectance >

Re: Exposure (WAS: Re: OK Survey time)

2003-06-09 Thread Keith Whaley
"J. C. O'Connell" wrote: > > First of all, you will rarely if ever get "perfect" > exposures with any TTL metering system due to the > way they only measure reflected light. My OM2 did... keith whaley [snipped]

RE: Exposure (WAS: Re: OK Survey time)

2003-06-09 Thread J. C. O'Connell
> I just defined above but you obviously didn't get it. Perfect > exposure is what the prhotographer think is perfect exposure. It > might be different things to different people. The point isn't to > get corect exposure but the exposure the photographer wants. If I > want a certain exposure,

Re: Exposure (WAS: Re: OK Survey time)

2003-06-09 Thread Caveman
Pål Jensen wrote: I get 100% correct readout on every meter I own. ROFL. This is quite a bold statement. Can you support it with some facts, like the method you used to check your meters, and the results that you got by following that method ? No meter is designed to give correct exposure but t

RE: Exposure (WAS: Re: OK Survey time)

2003-06-09 Thread J. C. O'Connell
a proactive method of avoiding the exposure errors that are beyond your control regardless of how "good" of a photographer you are technically. JCO > > > > - Original Message ----- > From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL

Re: Exposure (WAS: Re: OK Survey time)

2003-06-09 Thread Pål Jensen
JCO wrote: > Weve been down this road before, unless your > aiming your camera at a full screen 18% reflectance > subject the meter will over or under expose > the subject. the only way you could be accurate > is if you manually compensated the meter reading > based on the KNOWN reflectance of th

RE: Exposure (WAS: Re: OK Survey time)

2003-06-09 Thread J. C. O'Connell
many sources of exposure error in the system for that to be even remotely possible. JCO > -Original Message- > From: Pål Jensen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 7:11 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Exposure (WAS: Re: OK Survey time)

Re: Exposure (WAS: Re: OK Survey time)

2003-06-09 Thread Pål Jensen
Caveman wrote: > Pål Jensen wrote: > > > A perfect exposure is what I define as a perfect exposure. I want that exposure > > within 1/3 of a stop so that I can get what I define as perfect exposure every > > time. . > > Tadaa-badaa-da-daa. Twilight Zone. We're discussing a Something that >

Re: Exposure (WAS: Re: OK Survey time)

2003-06-09 Thread Pål Jensen
Caveman wrote: > You're hitting the nail on the head. What Paal disperately avoided was > to admit that "perfect exposure" might be defined as "the exposure > giving the most visually pleasing interpretation and rendition of a > scene". Which no meter can give. I did say that the correct exp

Re: Exposure (WAS: Re: OK Survey time)

2003-06-09 Thread Pål Jensen
Nick wrote: > Consistency not== accuracy. Make the same mistake 100 times in a row and your > consistent. I didn't say it was. I said it wasn't about rigid definition of correct exposure. I said you need consistency in order to get whatever exposure you consider correct exposure. Pål

Re: Exposure (WAS: Re: OK Survey time)

2003-06-09 Thread Pål Jensen
JCO wrote: > First of all, you will rarely if ever get "perfect" > exposures with any TTL metering system due to the > way they only measure reflected light. Not true. I get 100% correct readout on every meter I own. No meter is designed to give correct exposure but to assign whatever you mete

Re: Exposure (WAS: Re: OK Survey time)

2003-06-09 Thread Pål Jensen
gt; Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 10:54 PM Subject: RE: Exposure (WAS: Re: OK Survey time) > First of all, you will rarely if ever get "perfect" > exposures with any TTL metering system due to the > way they only measure reflected light. > > Secondly, there are exposure errors th

RE: Exposure (WAS: Re: OK Survey time)

2003-06-09 Thread J. C. O'Connell
First of all, you will rarely if ever get "perfect" exposures with any TTL metering system due to the way they only measure reflected light. Secondly, there are exposure errors that occur in shutters both from speed to speed as well as from exposure to exposure even when set on same speed. Thirdl

Re: Exposure (WAS: Re: OK Survey time)

2003-06-09 Thread Caveman
Pål Jensen wrote: A perfect exposure is what I define as a perfect exposure. I want that exposure within 1/3 of a stop so that I can get what I define as perfect exposure every time. . Tadaa-badaa-da-daa. Twilight Zone. We're discussing a Something that we're not defining what it is. cheers, ca

Re: Exposure (WAS: Re: OK Survey time)

2003-06-09 Thread Nick Zentena
On June 9, 2003 04:23 pm, Pål Jensen wrote: > the correct one. Neither have I with the LX. The thing is about > consistency. Not what exactly is correct exposure. You may not want that > precision. Thats fine by me. Consistency not== accuracy. Make the same mistake 100 times in a row an