A photograph of a cat is the equivalent of a street photograph of somebody looking at their phone.I found that the incident meter reading nailed it, but that no photograph of a house cat was worth the film.
A photograph of a cat is the equivalent of a street photograph of somebody looking at their phone.
Yes, it certainly would be a nice change of pace if we could see some photos of cats stepping into fast moving traffic. You would get extra credit if it were the tenth time the cat did so.As they step into fast moving traffic.
First of all, I don't understand why people shoot film whose final destination is a digital print. The reason I shoot film is because I want to make a silver gelatin print.
People spend so much time on darkroom technique when what they should be concentrating on is taking a photo in exquisite light.
Yes, it certainly would be a nice change of pace if we could see some photos of cats stepping into fast moving traffic. You would get extra credit if it were the tenth time the cat did so.
Fall 2020 I was on a country highway (really a fast 2-lane road) in inland Southern California. I pulled over to take a picture of some oaks. Coming back to my car I saw a tarantula crossing the street (big sucker). I wanted to snap it, so looked and listened for cars coming. I heard one, so stepped back on the shoulder. He came in the lane the tarantula was at that point, probably 50-55 mph. The car went right over it , and caused it to rotate a little, but it stayed on its feet. I tried 4-5 times, and each time a car came and each time the poor tarantula got tossed around worse than the last. Finally a big pick-up came and basically finally crushed it with its tires. Up to that point it was mainly turbulence (vortices/eddies) that tossed it around, sometimes more violently than others. It was actually acting aggressively- raising its rear up and nervously trying to get to safety. I though it might charge me if I got down to take its picture, but I never got the chance.
In high school AP English I read a piece by Eugene Ionesco (it might have been “Rhinoceros” but I can’t find the passage right now). He said something to the effect of “What if we replaced every word with one word, “cat”.
I turned in my report, just a page filled with sentences like “Cat cat cat cat cat, cat cat.”
You can actually construct a large meaningful sentence using only the word 'buffalo', specifically:
"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo"
for an explanation of what that means:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo
I think you are a photographer who prefers to use an incident meter. Nothing wrong with that.Does anyone else find themselves using a handheld meter even when their camera has a functional internal meter? If I'm just a throwback, a dinosaur or an atavist, I'm pretty sure there are others here to keep me company.
I'm starting to see the roots of your Dr. Demento experiencesIn high school AP English I read a piece by Eugene Ionesco (it might have been “Rhinoceros” but I can’t find the passage right now). He said something to the effect of “What if we replaced every word with one word, “cat”.
I turned in my report, just a page filled with sentences like “Cat cat cat cat cat, cat cat.”
Ms. Wells gave me an “A” on it but despite my cleverness, I couldn’t pass the AP exam and got lousy grades in English classes in college. I could never be bothered with the assignments.
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How many times can you do that?In high school AP English I read a piece by Eugene Ionesco (it might have been “Rhinoceros” but I can’t find the passage right now). He said something to the effect of “What if we replaced every word with one word, “cat”.
I turned in my report, just a page filled with sentences like “Cat cat cat cat cat, cat cat.”
Ms. Wells gave me an “A” on it but despite my cleverness, I couldn’t pass the AP exam and got lousy grades in English classes in college. I could never be bothered with the assignments.
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How many times can you do that?Reminds me when I was in grade school, and you had to write it in a sentence for ten new spelling words the teacher gave you. When I couldn't think of any for a particular word, my older sister gave me a standard sentence. So that word let's say "perceived" would be demonstrated as follows: Perceived is my new spelling word. You can only do that once per quiz.
That it should come to this...
Drmoss, I just bought this meter to use with sunny 16 and a new to me Leica M5. For 15 years I used a Minolta Flash IV with both metered cameras and a non metered TLR. The Minolta in average lighting conditions gave me consistent exposures which were easier to enlarge as each negative had a more or less similar density. I used all available info to judge more difficult lighting or tone placement.
I found the M5 spot meter slowed me down. So I will hand meter for a baseline and if need be check extremes with the M5 spot meter or if appropriate the handheld.
I shot one roll with the L-308X so still getting use to it. One gripe is its so small its not a great fit for my hands. It is very pocketable. I’m concerned the incident dome which is much smaller than the Minolta IV will be less accurate. Please chime in with any user feedback.
The take-a-way is the Sekonic L-308X, although not as well constructed as my lost Minolta Auto Meter IV F, is acurate and easy to use. Being palm size one hand operation is a bit awkward but off set by being pocketable.
The 308 is a great, compact meter. It doesn't feel as well built as my Sekonic 508, but its accurate and easy to use. I just wish I had a spot meter that small (I know there is a new one out from a small company I'm not familiar with, so I hope it gets good reviews.
It pairs nicely with my Pentax Digital Spot Meter.
You can actually construct a large meaningful sentence using only the word 'buffalo', specifically:
"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo"
for an explanation of what that means:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo
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