All well and good, but I don't recall film users whose cameras recorded the number of exposures made announcing that number to the list with the fervor (or the frequency) of the dslr users. Plus, the digi P&S users' cameras also record the exposure numbers, and there are quite a few such users here, but they don't seem to have a need/desire to announce the numbers to the world. I just find it an interesting curiosity. Not suggesting that it's "flexing muscles" or any particular reason ...
Shel > [Original Message] > From: Rob Studdert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On 28 Dec 2004 at 8:36, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > I just don't understand why so many digi users love to mention how many > > hundreds or thousands of exposures they've made. Most are probably > > worthless pap made just to "see what happens" Reminds me of when I got my > > little Sony - I took snaps of everything - the heater vent, my foot, fifty > > snaps of the tree out front - all of which were worthless other than to > > quell the excitement of having a new camera that could take lots of pics > > without film. > > Digicams keep a record of the image count by default as you know, film cameras > generally don't. So when shooting digicams the number is always in your face as > it's a component of the file name. When on occasion I've quoted # of shots it's > been more an expression of surprise than any kind of arm flexing. I'm pretty > sure that's the case when others do the same, it's got absolutely nothing to do > with the worth of any images produced. Take it as you will however.
