Re: AW: istD and old primes

[graywolf]

No, no, Shel. That is too advanced for many. You have to check the lighting 
every shot, sometimes 3 or 4 times for each shot. You have to rack the focus 
back and forth, back and forth, back and forth so you will get the subject sharp 
after all a 50mm lens at f16 has hardly any DOF. It is so hard and fiddlely 
doing all that you need a really seriously computerised camera just to get a 
snapshot of your kids.

I was taking some shots the other day when I turned around and the subject was 
backlighted. Take a new reading? Set exposure compensation? Naw, the camera is 
still set for the existing light, just keep shooting. To me, automatic cameras 
are often more work not less.

BTW, did I tell you I finally got an MX? Funny how it seems to work almost 
automatically in my hands when I have not used one in 15 years. Damned if I 
don't still think it is the best 35mm SLR ever.

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Shel Belinkoff wrote:

Or, since in most situations the light will remain the same for a while, take a
reading of the area and set the camera.  Then, when it's time to catch that
"decisive moment," point, focus, and shoot.  Sometimes focus isn't even necessary
...
shel

graywolf wrote:


I would also think you could:
1. take a reading with your handheld meter, or by guessimate.
2. set the aperture on the lens.
3. set the shutter speed on the camera.
4. take the photo.



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graywolf
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"You might as well accept people as they are,
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