mrckdavies Posted January 6, 2017 Share #121 Posted January 6, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) Yes, I usually zone focus particularly with my 28mm. But I don't set it and forget it. Rather, I may keep it idle at 6 feet but I will constantly change zones depending how far away my subject is. In this regard using a single lens and getting to know the focus throw is really beneficial.Thanks , so to your M setup. Do you auto ISO with a minimum speed set? I know I tend to do that. (Sorry for the inquisition, but I'm interested in any improvement I can make to my approach). Really appreciate your time. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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A miller Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share #122 Posted January 6, 2017 (edited) Thanks , so to your M setup. Do you auto ISO with a minimum speed set? I know I tend to do that. (Sorry for the inquisition, but I'm interested in any improvement I can make to my approach). Really appreciate your time. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Not a problem at all. With all of my film cameras I use a purely manual workflow based on my reading of the light (and if necessary a small Sekonic hand-held incident meter). When I used Digital, I (eventually) did the same thing but digital is not as forgiving as film in the highlights - but more forgiving than film in the shadows - so my workflow was a little different (i.e., I ended up if anything underexposing in order to not get stuck with ugly blown highlights and rely on the MM to preserve good shadow detail). I never used auto-ISO or the in-camera meter for that matter for this type of shooting b/c one slight tilt in the wrong direction (particularly upward) and the meter reading gets out of whack. Learning the sunny 16 rule and how to adapt it to your camera and shooting context is really the way to go. Just take a little time investment and then it pays dividends and is like a gift that keeps on giving Edited January 6, 2017 by A miller 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrckdavies Posted January 6, 2017 Share #123 Posted January 6, 2017 (edited) Not a problem at all. With all of my film I use a purely manual workflow based on my reading of the light (and if necessary a small Sekonic hand-held incident meter). When I used Digital, I did the same thing but digital is not as forgiving as film in the highlights - but more forgiving than film in the shadows - so my workflow was a little different (i.e., I ended up if anything underexposing in order to not get stuck with ugly blown highlights and rely on the MM to preserve good shadow detail). I never used auto-ISO or the in-camera meter for that matter for this type of shooting b/c one slight tilt in the wrong direction (particularly upward) and the meter reading gets out of whack. Learning the sunny 16 rule and how to adapt it to your camera and shooting context is really the way to go. Just take a little time investment and then it pays dividends and is like a gift that keeps on giving Thanks, I fully understand. I was just really curious. I rarely get to see snow yet alone shoot in it. I live on a coastline warmed and washed by the damp North Atlantic drift in South Wales. But yes I fully use sunny f16 too, folks around here call it sunny f11.5 - ha that says it all! I've been shooting film since 1978 and my darkroom work was learnt in school. I shot slide until 2001. Pure digital until 2013 and now am into Leica. I'm half German and on a holiday to my Mums home town Fulda visited Leica Wetzlar for their 100 year celebrations. Now I'm hooked - Typ 109, M9, M3, M6TTL. Got my M9 a new sensor there this summer. Got to see the Elliott Erwitt exhibition. They turned it around in just under 3 weeks and calibrated by camera and put new electronics in the finder for gratis, just because I had some sensor corrosion - respect! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Edited January 6, 2017 by mrckdavies 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
A miller Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share #124 Posted January 6, 2017 Thanks, I fully understand. I was just really curious. I rarely get to see snow yet alone shoot in it. I live on a coastline warmed and washed by the damp North Atlantic drift in South Wales. But yes I fully use sunny f16 too, folks around here call it sunny f11.5 - ha that says it all! I've been shooting film since 1978 and my darkroom work was learnt in school. I shot slide until 2001. Pure digital until 2013 and now am into Leica. I'm half German and on a holiday to my Mums home town Fulda visited Leica Wetzlar for their 100 year celebrations. Now I'm hooked - Typ 109, M9, M3, M6TTL. Got my M9 a new sensor there this summer. Got to see the Elliot Erwin exhibition. They turned it around in just under 3 weeks and calibrated by camera and put new electronics in the finder for gratis, just because I had some sensor corrosion - respect! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Well with all that very impressive background it sounds like all you need is some snow and you're off to the races ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
A miller Posted January 9, 2017 Author Share #125 Posted January 9, 2017 M-A, 28mm elmarit pre-asph, Portra 400 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 8 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/265929-nyc-snow-blizzard-photographs/?do=findComment&comment=3182060'>More sharing options...
Henry Taylor Posted January 9, 2017 Share #126 Posted January 9, 2017 (edited) Adam you are terrific- Excellent captures . Love them all Hank Edited January 9, 2017 by Henry Taylor 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLOBETROTTER Posted January 9, 2017 Share #127 Posted January 9, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) Fantastic !!! i can feel the street and cold. Nice shot. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
A miller Posted January 11, 2017 Author Share #128 Posted January 11, 2017 Adam you are terrific- Excellent captures . Love them all Hank Fantastic !!! i can feel the street and cold. Nice shot. Thanks, Gentlemen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
A miller Posted January 11, 2017 Author Share #129 Posted January 11, 2017 M-A, 28mm elmarit pre-asph, Portra 800 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 4 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/265929-nyc-snow-blizzard-photographs/?do=findComment&comment=3183547'>More sharing options...
SilentShutter Posted January 11, 2017 Share #130 Posted January 11, 2017 Adam you are terrific- Excellent captures . Love them all Hank Agree on that - just like the Black & White versions more. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Guthrie Posted January 12, 2017 Share #131 Posted January 12, 2017 Not a problem at all. With all of my film cameras I use a purely manual workflow based on my reading of the light (and if necessary a small Sekonic hand-held incident meter). When I used Digital, I (eventually) did the same thing but digital is not as forgiving as film in the highlights - but more forgiving than film in the shadows - so my workflow was a little different (i.e., I ended up if anything underexposing in order to not get stuck with ugly blown highlights and rely on the MM to preserve good shadow detail). I never used auto-ISO or the in-camera meter for that matter for this type of shooting b/c one slight tilt in the wrong direction (particularly upward) and the meter reading gets out of whack. Learning the sunny 16 rule and how to adapt it to your camera and shooting context is really the way to go. Just take a little time investment and then it pays dividends and is like a gift that keeps on giving Thanks Very helpful to have a reminder of these things, a little refresher course 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkulin Posted January 18, 2017 Share #132 Posted January 18, 2017 Hi Adam, Absolutely love your street photos, I could not choose a favourite if I was pushed as they are all superb. Just some questions please? You shoot with flash a lot, do your subjects ever complain? If so how do you explain it? I see that you are shooting film, do you process yourself or farm it out? Are you shooting E6 and then scanning, what B&W film are you using? I can feel the cold in the photo's and love them whether colour or B&W, that biting cold reminds me of my first trip to NY in 97, it was bitter, truly bitter and I sympathise with your subjects. Apologises for all the questions. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
A miller Posted January 19, 2017 Author Share #133 Posted January 19, 2017 Thanks very much, Gentlemen. John - I am not going to lie - sometime I get complaints. But most of the time I do not. ESPECIALLY when it snows I rarely ever get complaints b/c people are so busy navigating and they are already taken out of their element. I use a local NYC lab to process all of my film. I shoot all types of films and scan all of it in. Occasionally, I'll make a wet print of one of my B&W negatives. I rarely make a wet print of one of my color negatives (and there is no long any such thing as making a wet print from a slide film positive). My favorite B&W film is Tri-X. But that's just me and entirely personal preference. Thanks Very helpful to have a reminder of these things, a little refresher course Hi Adam, Absolutely love your street photos, I could not choose a favourite if I was pushed as they are all superb. Just some questions please? You shoot with flash a lot, do your subjects ever complain? If so how do you explain it? I see that you are shooting film, do you process yourself or farm it out? Are you shooting E6 and then scanning, what B&W film are you using? I can feel the cold in the photo's and love them whether colour or B&W, that biting cold reminds me of my first trip to NY in 97, it was bitter, truly bitter and I sympathise with your subjects. Apologises for all the questions. Agree on that - just like the Black & White versions more. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
A miller Posted January 19, 2017 Author Share #134 Posted January 19, 2017 Life goes on in the blizzard... M3, 50mm summilux asph, Tri-X Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 7 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/265929-nyc-snow-blizzard-photographs/?do=findComment&comment=3190208'>More sharing options...
Suede Posted January 19, 2017 Share #135 Posted January 19, 2017 Thanks for these consistently great pictures. This sunny 16 business is not easy to parachute into, as I am finding out ever since I acquired an early M4 a couple of months back. I'm trying cheap tricks like a mobile phone app and sometimes running off the reading I get from the M6 to ascertain exposure. I have also printed off a convenient reference card I found online to go by. It's all a bit up there at the moment but I'll be thrilled to gain some certainty to my guesses so I can start thinking of them as educated guesses... In any case, I admire your pictures. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
A miller Posted January 20, 2017 Author Share #136 Posted January 20, 2017 Thanks for these consistently great pictures. This sunny 16 business is not easy to parachute into, as I am finding out ever since I acquired an early M4 a couple of months back. I'm trying cheap tricks like a mobile phone app and sometimes running off the reading I get from the M6 to ascertain exposure. I have also printed off a convenient reference card I found online to go by. It's all a bit up there at the moment but I'll be thrilled to gain some certainty to my guesses so I can start thinking of them as educated guesses... In any case, I admire your pictures. Thanks a lot, Suede. I have full faith that you will succeed with your manual workflow, Just think about how people used to take photos in the 50's before the in-camera light meter became prevalent. It didn't stop them - many of which are some of the all-time greats. I happen to think that in-camera metering was a marketing invention and not a photographic invention.... but that's another topic altogether 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
A miller Posted January 23, 2017 Author Share #137 Posted January 23, 2017 M3, 28mm elmarit pre-asph, Tmax 400 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 2 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/265929-nyc-snow-blizzard-photographs/?do=findComment&comment=3194952'>More sharing options...
A miller Posted January 29, 2017 Author Share #138 Posted January 29, 2017 MM, 35 lux fle Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 8 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/265929-nyc-snow-blizzard-photographs/?do=findComment&comment=3199202'>More sharing options...
rpittal Posted January 29, 2017 Share #139 Posted January 29, 2017 great peek from behind the umbrella, and icicles on lettering, feels cold! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwpics Posted January 29, 2017 Share #140 Posted January 29, 2017 Great work, one of the best in the series in my opinion. Gerry 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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