Chilling Tales of Old-Time Photography: The Ordeal of Exposure

[@jlwilliams]

BTW, sorry for all the gasping sounds... the stupid hat-cam rig I was wearing put the camera's microphone DIRECTLY over my nose...

[@crispin8888]

Always informative and entertaining. The Blair Witch Project for photographers.

[@bfs5113]

You meant back then without an external meter, I shouldn't bracket an image with a whole roll of 12 exposure film, to make sure one had the right exposure? 🤣

[@jlwilliams]

Shocking what we got away with back in the day, ain't it? Especially with black-and-white, it was amazing what you could fix in the darkroom as long as you hadn't underexposed the shot too much. Ever hear of a "burger-and-a-beer" printing exposure? That was when the negative was so dense that you'd turn on the enlarger, go out for a burger and a beer, then come back and turn off the enlarger and develop the print. (Ya didn't get tips like that from Ansel Frickin' Adams!)

[@jeticg]

P for professional LOL

[@dierktopp4780]

are you sure, that P on the camera means 'professional' ? to my knowledge it means program, the camera chooses the combination of aperture and shutter by itself.

[@jlwilliams]

To quote mid-20th-century philosopher and cultural commentator Foghorn Leghorn: "That's a joke, son."