Well done, Frank! Well done!
AF etc is for "Happy Snappies". When I went back to manual focus (thanks
to picking up one of my old Spotmatics) I was amazed how small the "reject"
pile was!
Bob
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From: "Frank Theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 7:32 AM
Subject: Re: Pictures are lame
> Which is why I love my Spotmatics. Or any manual exposure camera. It
> takes a few seconds to get the exposure, but it's also taught me to take
> a few more seconds and look carefully at what's in the viewfinder, from
> top to bottom, left to right. It's amazing how often I'll see an
> unexpected lamp post or overhead wire right at the edge of the
> viewfinder, forcing me to re-frame.
>
> Stop-down metering (I don't have an F) has also acclimatised me to
> checking dof on virtually every shot.
>
> Don't take this as an "older cameras are better 'cause they teach you to
> shoot properly, and new auto-everything cameras make us lazy" rant. I'm
> sure that at this point, were I to buy a "modern" camera, the habits are
> so ingrained that I'd do 'em anyway. I just think that for me, being
> deliberate is easier when everything is done manually.
>
> regards,
> frank
>
> Amy Hughes wrote:
>
> > I think it's more basic than that. I think many people don't "get"
> > what the viewfinder is for. They only use it to aim the camera,
> > kinda like a gun sight. Hence, most snapshots have the subject in
> > the center, and way too much background. Or the subject in the
> > center, lots of sidewalk on the bottom, and half of the wonderful
> > building being used as a backdrop cut off at the top. Or a perfectly-
> > focused picture of a wall, with two blurry people in front of it.
> > Or... you get the idea.
> >
> > Amy
> >
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