It's true. I agree with that very much. Taking action shots with a manual focus lens is very difficult at first. Man I was photographic this duck when suddenly it took off and I thought I was going to get a great in flight shot... but then I realized I was turning the focus ring the wrong direction, then I turned it back the other direction, but due to the direction the duck was flying the focal area passed quicker than I expected and by that time it was pretty much too far away to be worth taking a picture of... Better luck next time I guess. So yeah, all those features are neat and all, but in the end they just took being a photographer away from the photographers and gave it to the hacks who will do anything for a buck. Seems that lots of jobs are going this direction thanks to technology.
-Shawn -----Original Message----- From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 8:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Pentax * ist D doing badly in Fotomagazin test ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Studdert" Subject: RE: Pentax * ist D doing badly in Fotomagazin test > On 11 May 2004 at 19:07, tom wrote: > > > The latest IS versions have a panning option which works well for some types of > > action shots... > > Maybe so but I just hate seeing it being touted as a panacea. It's a replacement for a particular skill. All that features do, is allow the photographer to get by with less developed skills. William Robb
