Been there, also, Larry. Ask a question about the operation of the foreign little compact you get.."hey, you're the photographer!" Hiding my chagrin, I follow with "OK, everyone look this way and smile." If I got everyone in the snap, I hand the p & s back and melt away. Thankfully, an infrequent event. Ah, fame! ;))
Jack --- On Thu, 12/16/10, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > From: Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> > Subject: Like I'm supposed to know how to use a point and shoot? > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Thursday, December 16, 2010, 2:42 AM > I was at a party tonight and some of > the girls wanted a group photo. So they grabbed me and > handed me their point and shoot. We went into a back room > with a better wall for a background, I took a shot or two, > but the flash just made the shots look terrible. So I > grabbed my camera bag, pulled out the K-x and took a couple > of shots, but at 6400 and 1/20 f/2.8 I just wasn't happy, > and ended up bouncing the AF 540 off the ceiling to get > something half decent. > > I like to think that the important thing is my skill as a > photographer, rather than the equipment, and it's nice to be > the guy that the girls flag down when they want a > picture, but I really doubt I can do much better with a > point and shoot that I've never seen before than anyone > else. > > Oh well, I guess that part of the skill is knowing when you > need to grab a bigger hammer. > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com > sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
