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Okay, sounds like most people believe he would use a tripod out of necessity, as opposed to other reasons (such as a composition aid, etc.)

Just wondered if I was missing out on something!

Over in the rather old "Film used by Steve McCurry" thread (

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0018H6 ) I notice that the last comment states:

McCurry said, "As for film, in open shade I'll shoot Kodachrome 25, and on a tripod"

My primary interest right now is street portraiture, but I have very little experience in this area. When I look

at the majority of Steve's photos I just can't see myself using a tripod for them. In my limited experience, I

find that a professional-looking camera is enough to make many people nervous, and I can't see a tripod helping

things

Is anybody able to comment on using a tripod for classic photojournalist-style portraiture like Steve's? Does

he/do you use a tripod for this kind of work? If so, can you offer any comments/advice?

Thanks!

Hi Galen,

In the F3 the prism does not do any metering, it is all done in the body, so the different prism isn't the cause

I'm not too worried about the difference as I can easily work around it

I'm asking more out of curiosity to fully discover the differences between the F3 and the F3P :)

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I've bought a well-used F3P on eBay but I find it meters differently from my F3<br/>

Anybody know if the metering circuit is different from the F3?<br/>

For the most part it meters accurately and it matches my F3 and a lightmeter,

but at higher apertures it seems to do some funny things<br/>

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Thanks!

Hi David,

Thanks for the suggestions... this certainly was the most extreme example I could come up with. I had a few more that I could have exposed better, but with some good post-processing I could probably rescue most of those details.

I think that it would be worthwhile to look into some less contrasty slide film as both you and Dan have suggested. It was pretty difficult to expose these shots, having no idea exactly what I was going to get back... I've learned with the luxury of digital and matrix metering but I've also been shooting B&W negative film for a while, which gives me even more of a comfort zone than the digital!

Thanks a lot :)

Dan,

Thanks for the feedback... I'll look into some lower contrast slide film while at the same time adjusting my metering. I have to admit I wasn't terribly impressed with the E100VS, I shot a roll of E100GX at the same time and was much more impressed with the overall look.

Oh, forgot to add that this was 100ASA E100VS.

I know I could bring out some foreground detail in post-processing, but my question is really related to getting things 'best' at the shooting stage. Thanks.

Hi guys,

I exposed my first roll of slide film a weekend or two ago and was reasonably

happy with the results.

Here is one shot that really didn't work... exposing for the highlights as I've

read, I ended up with nothing of much use.

My question is really how would I have better handled this situation? Is it

just a case of resigning myself to the fact that I can't have it all, and expose

for the boat in the foreground at the cost of the sky?

I'll be getting myself an ND grad soon, but if I find myself in this situation

again before then, are there any other tricks I can use, and what is considered

'better', doing as I've mostly done here, or just blowing out the sky? Or is it

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Thank you! I can't believe it was something as simple as this. I feel spectacularly silly now. Just wound it on a little and I'm back up at 1/500th when pointed at my monitor.

I guess I just didn't want to waste a few frames when the metering wasn't working. I've also not been paying attention when I've previously been loading a new roll.

Many thanks! More F3 fun for me!

Lewis.

Hi Peter,

I am having a similar problem... did you ever get to the bottom of things?

Thanks, Lewis.

Hi guys,

I have a really odd problem with my F3. I've had it about three months now (a

great eBay purchase) without problem.

But a few days ago I was getting ready to take a shot and found that it would

not progress beyond 1/80th of a second.

If I pick a manual shutter speed, values less than 1/80th show up, but going to

1/125th and above sticks at 1/80th. I do get the M in the LCD and otherwise

things appear to be okay.

I've not run a film through yet, so I don't yet know if the meter is still

working. One thing I did check was the batteries... had some new ones in, and

they don't change matters.

Any thoughts? I really love this body, it's in great condition and it would be

a shame to have to buy another.

Thanks,

Lewis.

I had a meeting yesterday and it went very well. She had wanted to confirm that I was not going to display or use the photos, nothing more. A bit of a storm inside a teacup ;)

Thanks again.

Hi,

Many thanks you your fast responses. I am meeting with the person who organised the event today to discuss the matter, and, after reading as much as I can on the topic I believe that it is me who owns the copyright.

I have already provided the organiser with high-res 16bit TIFFs of all the photos I took (something I would not normally do) and offered her free use of any shots she wants, provided she informs me first.

Hopefully this will be the end of the matter. Thanks again for your input and advice it is very much appreciated.

Hi,

I recently got involved in a topless photoshoot for a charity cause.

It was in a studio set-up with a large banner covering the mid-section

of the models' bodies.

I was not "the" photographer, but turned up to set up the screen,

strobes, etc. At the suggestion of the main photographer I took some

shots and have since provided a copy of these to the person organising

the event.

At the time nobody complained or even seemed interested that I was

shooting. However, since then I get the impression I will soon be

asked to destroy all of the image files I have, which I do not want to

do. I have not disclosed the images to anybody but the event

organiser and I do not plan to. I want to keep these shots in my

archive along with all of my other studio and travel photography.

It is my understanding that under UK law these shots are my

intellectual property and that nobody has the right to demand that I

destroy them, but they may prevent me from displaying them (which I

have already said I will not do). To me this sounds similar to the

right of a private land-owner preventing shots being published that

were taking while trespassing.

Can anybody confirm/refute that I am able to keep my photos for

archival purposes? Many thanks.