On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 03:16:59PM -0700, Bruce Dayton wrote: > > My daughter is forever grateful to have moved from a *ist to MX. She > won't use the *ist anymore and has learned much about metering, F > stops, shutter speeds, composing, focusing, etc. The automated camera > was a crutch that she used because it was there. Now she doesn't > really want to go back.
I wonder how much of that could be attributed to people always wanting to experience the unfamiliar? When I moved to the USA some quarter of a century ago I was struck by just how many people in the USA seemed to cherish import vehicles that were regarded with derision in the UK (examples would be the Austin 1100 or the Triumph Spitfire), while back in the UK just about any American import with a big V8 was viewed in the sameregard. (OK - so I now drive an American Pony Car with a big V8. But at least I waited for a model that could corner at reasonable speeds without the rear end hopping around)
