On Wednesday 29 December 2004 14:34, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > The question I have is unrelated to shooting a lot of frames. It would be > nice to know why the DSLR shooters on this list feel a need to *tell > everyone* how many hundreds or thousands of frames they've shot. Most > respond to that question as you did: shooting more can improve their > photography. We all know that that's true to a certain extent. So why > mention the number of frames shot? It doesn't seem to reflect any > discernable improvement in many cases, based on the images posted to the > PAW, PESO, and PUG. The good photogs are still good, and the poor photogs > are still struggling even after 5,000 images. > > Frankly, I think many photogs are too busy checking histograms and playing > with their modes instead of concentrating on subject matter, composition, > lighting, focusing, and interpretation.
As I can't help but feel this is directed at me, I'm going to answer again. 1) I noted the number of exposures because it's a datum that is easily available to me on the DS that is not available to me for the MX. I mentioned it because: A) It should give a fairly good idea of how much the camera is actually used. I could tell you that I've had it for four weeks--but then, there are some cameras I don't take out for weeks or months at a time, and others I take out several times a week. There are some that get a couple of dozen exposures in a year, and others that get quite a few more. Presently, the DS is my go-to camera, and the use statistic reflects that. B) Shock. I didn't think I would ever take that many images, ever. I will address the *quality* issue briefly. C) Regarding quality. The photographs have to speak for themselves in this regard. My recent output on the DS is (and continues to be) on my livejournal. 2) When I noted the total number of frames, I was NOT: A) Bragging. B) Claiming any superiority of equipment or technique. C) Merely showing off. 3) As regards "checking historgrams...&c". A) I've never used a histogram before. It's pretty nifty. B) Mounting a manual-focus lens, there aren't any modes to play with, really. C) My powers of concentration, discrimination, and calculation remain the same regardless of the equipment in hand. Incidentally, if anyone should happen to leave a comment to the effect of "hey, man, those pictures suck," I'm fine with that, too. -Luigi http://www.livejournal.com/users/ouij
