On 24 May 2005 at 7:29, mike wilson wrote: > It's an effort thing. If one is going to do a lot of something, learn how to > do > it properly and save yourself a heap of time, money and all sorts of other > things in the long run.
I can appreciate that but when do you surrender to automation after it's proven that for the greater part it ends up being more competent than yourself, what if effort doesn't offer an advantage over technology? In the 4WD forums I lurk in often the old guard claim that you need to struggle up and down hills in a 4 speed manual to be a "real" 4WDer, they decry the use of 5-6 speed autos with traction control and belittle down-hill assist ...until they actually try it and experience just how effective the technology is. > Take a few seconds to properly assess a scene and expose the image "properly" > or > spend a long time gazing at and fiddling with phosphor dots? No competition > in > my book, even allowing that it might take some time to learn the assessment > process. After spending the time to learn how my *ist D camera behaves WRT metering/exposure I know what it can do, in most case I can trust the metering to make optimal use of the capture latitude. My post processing method I have polished so that it's repeatable and very quick, it's working. I haven't forgotten all my film camera derived exposure knowledge, I still shoot film, I've just found a more predictable, time efficient and effective way to realize my photographic images. In the end unless you are using your photography as a proof of your competence to yourself, no one else viewing a picture for it's content really gives a stuff how it was produced so why not just use the most effective production means at your disposal? Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
