Ditto, Godfrey! Jack
--- Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Oct 7, 2006, at 12:11 AM, K.Takeshita wrote: > > > ... But I rather like fiddle with exposure, bracketing and other > > things just as > > I used to shoot the film. That's my pleasure. In film cameras, it > > > used to > > be "what you push (shutter button) is what you get" and no going > > back to the > > image. > > This is only true with transparency film and presupposes that you > understand how the film and processing work. You have no control > other than focus and exposure. The film and processing are a > constant. > > For color or B&W negative film, from which you would make snapshots, > > you still only have control over focus and exposure at time of > exposure. All the magic that allows "press the button and leave the > rest for us" is in the operator of the photofinishing machine to do > the corrections and adjustments you had in mind. > > > Please note that jpeg shooting to me is mostly for the snap > > shooting for > > printing, and it still gives some latitude for adjustment later, if > > > one > > want. There are many people who think the same way like me. They > > > think the > > digital photography took the pleasure of shutter tripping after > much > > "thinking" and brought it right into the digital darkroom for later > > manipulations, that in itself is just fine. I do a lot of those. > > > But that > > part in strict sense is no longer a picture taking (at least to > me). > > It is difficult to understand what you are saying. You seem to be > saying you want to be able to take over the photofinishing process > from the computer and expect perfect results out of the camera. But > this is NOT traditional film photography, where you ONLY have control > > of focus and exposure at time of shooting. > > I hate "fiddling" with the camera. I want to make my exposures in as > > simple and unconstrained a manner as possible to achieve the > photographs I'm seeing. Even when I'm shooting "snapshots". That's > why I stopped shooting slides years ago (crappy dynamic range, poor > exposure latitude, too much fussing around with bracketing...), and > why my DSLR has only rarely been on any setting other than RAW format > > capture. I see the process of fiddling with the camera as a way to > break my concentration and lose the pictures I want to create. > > The ability to occasionally process a RAW capture to a JPEG in > camera, with optional adjustment controls, may prove to be a boon if > > I need a quick snap to print directly from the camera or transfer to > > a computer in the field. > > Godfrey > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
