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Fabulous metering, Vince. And photographing. And...any further developmental magic?
Leica M-D: Pure for the sake of . . . purity?
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Vince Lupo
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Actually I had to use an old Gossen Luna Pro on those snow pictures to be sure of the correct exposure 🙂
I’ll be driving back out to New Mexico in early April, so hopefully that will result in some new and worthwhile developmental magic!
Vince Lupo
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Ko.Fe.
Lenses 35/21 Gears 46/20
Nice to see this substance! Not available on local shores this winter.
BTW, I'm failing to take decent snow pictures even with screen attached to the camera.
Vince Lupo
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Are you having issues with getting texture in snow? Are your pictures turning out dark? What seems to be the issue? It’s the 262 that you have, correct?
Ko.Fe.
Lenses 35/21 Gears 46/20
220. I just can't nail it.
D&A
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Thanks. Is there a way though to link to an image on a (my) computer. Apparently where one posts, it provides the option to link to a website image (like on flickr) or to an image on ones computer. I chose the latter but then all that shows up in the post is a tiny thumbnail.
Dave (D&A)
Hi Dave -- There is a Help forum in RFF with a sticky thread devoted to the various ways of posting a photo in discussion threads, here (I use my RFF Gallery contents as photo source):
https://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=117509
D&A
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Vince Lupo
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You mean a 240? In any case, make sure you’re shooting in RAW, first and foremost (of course with the M-D I have no choice). That helps at the other end when you’re making adjustments in post-production. It also depends on what the lighting conditions are. For both of those snow shots of mine, the light was relatively overcast and I used an incident light meter for readings. If you’re strictly relying on the camera’s meter and you’re pointing it directly at the snow, you’re going to want to increase your exposure by 2 stops to compensate for all that whiteness in the scene (particularly important when it’s in bright sunshine). Another thing - not that it necessarily matters - is that I had my lens stopped down quite a bit (f/8-f/11) to get good depth of field and ensure good detail sharpness.
Ko.Fe.
Lenses 35/21 Gears 46/20
Is it -2 or + 2 in my M-E VF? I'm sorry to keep on asking.
Vince Lupo
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No you're totally fine -- it would be +2, if your exposures are turning out dark. Maybe start with +1.5 and see how that looks, then go to +2 if you feel they're still too dark. Here again, in snowy situations, having a hand-held incident meter helps.
Sorry I forgot that the 220 is the M-E 🙂
Vince Lupo
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Godfrey
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Leica M-D + Summilux 35mm f/1.4 v2
ISO 800 @ f/2 @ 1/30
enjoy! G
MIkhail
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It's a perfect camera when process is more important than results...
Vince Lupo
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Godfrey
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It's hard to imagine what you're intimating.
It's a camera: I make photos with it, same as I do with a half dozen other cameras. I'm quite happy with my results from all of them—they're the important thing to me. The process is mostly irrelevant, I do it so often and so quickly.
G
Yes, process/usage is an important and somewhat controversial aspect of the M-D, but this does not handicap the results which are consistent with other M digitals.
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