Mark Roberts wrote: > The cad! Surely those nice insurgents would be willing to hold their > fire whilst he does so? > > "This guy" is a long time, award winning photojournalist who knows what > he's doing more than most of us can ever hope to.
In the good / bad old days of film: You checked that there was film in the camera. You checked that the film was the correct type. You checked that the film was winding correctly. You checked that there were charged batteries in the camera. You determined the exposure. You checked that the shutterspeed was correctly set. You checked that the aperture was correctly set. You checked that the flash synchronisation was correctly set, if applicable. In the digital era: You checked that there was a memory card in the camera. You checked that there were charged batteries in the camera. You checked that the white balance was correct. Or use auto. You set the sensitivity and other image parameters, or set them to defaults. You determined the exposure. Or use auto. You checked that the shutterspeed was correctly set. Or use auto. You checked that the aperture was correctly set. Or use auto. You checked that the flash synchronisation was correctly set, if applicable. Or use auto. I'm sure there's more, according to your needs / style. It's not so different, photographers used to always run the first checklist whether or not there were bullets flying, and neglected that list at the peril of failure. The second list isn't any longer, and if the equipment permits (that is if its auto settings are dependable and consistent)the list can be shorter still. And yet I still hear photographers whining if they have to do or think of some technical aspect of photography. If you're a hobbyist in it for pleasure, fair enough. If you are a professional, learn yer job and remember that you've never had it so good. I'm not talking about you of course, Mark, because I don't recall you ever bitching and moaning about the onerous burden of using a modern camera. Regards, Anthony Farr -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
