Fight automation every inch of the way, you mean?
As for your eyes, I can see that AF is a great crutch. But crutches get in the way when you don't need them. All automation I have used was fine as long as you don't have to work around it. Once you do have to work around it, I feel it is more trouble than it is worth. Pentax's green button to put things back into normal mode has to be the best thing that has happened to camera automation. I never felt the need for a green button on my MXen.
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George Sinos wrote:
When you need to depend on the automation, you quickly figure out how it works and make use of it in the best way you can.
-- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com/graywolf.html
