It don't matter how you cut the mustard, as long as you get it cut. However, I
did misinterpret you're usage of hack. Actually, looking at it in context, I
think you're using hack the way I saw it in that paragraph, and the other way
in the next usage.
And you're right about all that flash stuff. It is a tough row to hoe. But--and
it's a big but--if you get the goods it doesn't matter how you got there. You
can take all the self-satisfaction you want out of knowing the hardware inside
out, but the end result is the end result.
And for what it's worth, I've shot a lot of Velvia, in 35, 6x9 and 4x5. It was
all I shot until I discovered Ektachrome 100 VS (?), which I found better for
shots with skies, water and rocks. Velvia ruled for foliage. Used a Pentax
spotmeter, and did the calculations in my head. Nothing beats slipping a 4x5
sheet of Velvia out of its sleeve and putting it on the light box. It's a pure
joy most people, photographers or not, never get to experience.
But, that said, I won't go back again. Digital keeps getting better. It's going
to keep getting better until something better replaces it. I hope by then I've
sloughed off this mortal coil and am chasing nymphs in hell.
--Bob
On Sep 28, 2012, at 3:00 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
> If we took
> away the ability to chimp AND the exposure automation, how many
> photographers would be able to get the goods? Almost none. So, what we
> have is a leaning on chimping and automation as well as adjustments in
> raw conversion and post-processing to save our rumps. Excuse the
> extreme generalization, but yes, this is being a "hack" because we
> succeed not through knowing what we are doing, but because we've got
> enough safety nets to save the shots.
>
> I'm using the term "Hack" with the following definition: "Slang To
> cope with successfully; manage.
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