Boris, A wise health therapist in the area was once asked "What is the best exercise?" His reply showed great wisdom "The one that you'll actually do."
Thus it is with my daughters taking pictures. With the SLR's (bigger cameras), I would have to take them out to shoot. With the small P&S, they would take them on their own to shoot events they were involved with. With the digital P&S, they take them to events and play around (experiment) at home. The quality of shots is the same or better with digital for them, especially since they immediately review their shots and correct mistakes and failures. They are also willing to try things with no thought about wasting money on film and developing. Bruce Wednesday, January 29, 2003, 9:18:15 AM, you wrote: BL> Hi! BL> Bruce, without disrespect, the aesthetical qualities of the snaps your BL> daughters shot with their DP&S - how good are they? BL> Don't misunderstand me, I am not against Digital. However, I think BL> that instant feedback will have some kind of negative impact of, how to BL> put it, uninspired perhaps, amateur photographer. BL> Let me give an example from my profession - programming. Debugging BL> with trace which I did quite a lot somehow had me thinking much more BL> as to where could be a problem __before__ I'd go to the lab again and BL> have the sucker executed once more to get me more evidence. At the BL> same time, debugging with full of bells and whistles interactive BL> debugger can be very long. The beauty of the beast just kills my will BL> to actually think the problem through - I can have infinitely more BL> runs at the same time I would get one trace from the lab. BL> To translate it to photo-language I'd try. Film photography, BL> especially towards the end of the film cartridge makes you think very BL> well as to why, how and when you're taking the shot. Actually, even BL> when the film is just loaded one is already limited to 36 exposures. BL> Digital photography however is about - keep shooting until you get BL> what you want. Sometimes it is good - say for M Reichmann who recently BL> seemed to have shot some wild birds. Sometimes it is very bad - you BL> just missed the moment that would never come again, and because you BL> have this wondrous alumo-box full of electronics and software - you BL> did not care to set up it quite right. BL> Furthermore, I have MZ-6 which is a smart little camera. To tell you BL> the truth I am in process of buying an ME-Super so that I would be BL> able to learn more of the way things are done, instead of just relying BL> on Pentax programmers and electronics engineers. BL> Again, if you're just shooting for snaps and not in order to study BL> the craft (don't kick me all around because I called photography BL> craft, ok? <bg>), then P&S or DP&S is the way to go. And of course BL> DP&S is way more convenient. BL> Just my cents. BL> --- BL> Boris Liberman BL> www.geocities.com/dunno57 BL> www.photosig.com/viewuser.php?id=38625
