Cotty wrote: >On 15/9/06, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>Yep. The "pro" disdain for pop-up flash is pure snobbery. I've seen >>some of Galen Rowell's climbing photos, taken while roped in half way >>up enormous rock walls and carrying just one body and lens, in which >>he used the built-in flash for fill. Using the built-in flash for fill >>has saved some shots I've taken while backpacking when I didn't have a >>separate flash (and it wouldn't have been practical to bring one). > >Horses for courses. > >Have you looked at professional cameras? Seen the eyepiece *missing*? >Seen bits of gaffer tape here and there, usually holding the lenshood >together, that is - if there *is* a lenshood. Most often, it's gone. >Why? It's a weak point. So is a pop-up flash. I'm sure most professional >snappers would agree that it's a handy thing to have, but i would >suggest that most professional PJs would have it knocked off in a matter >of days.
Right. But not all professionals are PJs. That was my point. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
