Jostein wrote:
I'm sure everyone has heard of the graph from Gartner Group about how
people in an organisation adopt new technology. There are "pioneers",
that love to tinker with every new gadget. There are early adopters, who
quickly learn to reap benefits of new technology. These two groups more
or less make up 50% of the organisation.
Then there are the late adopters who reluctantly adopts the new
technology, convinced by the first 50%.
At last there is a small percentage who refuse to let go of the old and
well-known technology that they know and feel comfortable with. Any
weakness or flaw in the new thechnology will be held high as a reason to
reject it all together, no matter how insignificant the weakness is. The
bottom line of their argumentations is usually fear of the new and unknown.
Pioneers tend to look at the latter group as walking backwards into the
future. :-)
With photography, however, we all have the option to choose the tech
level we like. I'm sure nobody has a problem with people who like to do
photography the old, manual way. Shel isn't alone with his preferences.
However, this place is full of people who simply want to be helpful. To
get mad at them just because they're pioneers or early adopters is
almost obscene, IMHO. Certainly below the usual standards of the poster
in question.
YMMV, of course.
Jostein
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All very well considered and well said, Jostein!
Thanks for speaking your thoughts and sharing them.
Probably a little for everyone, there! <g>
keith
