>Now I must say, I find the idea of bracketing to be wasteful and definitely
>not in line with the minimalist thinking approach that an OM body
>encourages. What's the point of having a sophisticated spot metering system
>if one resorts to the spray-and-pray style of photography? May as well get
>a Nikon or Canon auto-everything!
It really comes down to a very basic principle: KNOW YOUR EQUIPMENT AND
FILM! Being off on exposure a bit because of using the wrong type of
polorizer is simply inexcusable. I also doubt that the exposures were off
by JUST 1/3 stop because depending on the slide film, it just might improve
matters slightly! They were probably off by as much as 2-stops in some
instances. (yes, I've been there, done that).
Bracketing in a spray-and-pray style? Yup, been there done that too, but
usually in extreme lighting conditions or in product shoots. In the
extreme lighting conditions (such as sunset/sunrise or harsh lighting) I
usually end up using either or both +/- 1 stop brackets and rarely the
"proper" one.
Irreplaceable images? If I'm shooting something that I KNOW is going to be
a $1500+ picture, I always bracket, shoot dupes and sometimes even go with
different rolls in different cameras. Average joe pictures don't warrent
much beyond a single horizontal and vertical.
Ken
Kenneth E. Norton
Image66 Photography
image66@xxxxxxx
(217) 224-5004
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