Rob Studdert wrote:
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?
Agreed. But this whole response was to someone who (paraphrased) said
"turn it on, press the button and let the lab sort out the problems - if
you do it yourself, you can fix anything in postprocessing". I think
you and I agree.
Cheers,
Rob Studdert
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