William Robb wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob W" > >> I suspect it can take a lot of people a long time to understand why >> reflected or matrix light meters can get things wrong, or why AF >> doesn't always F where they want it to. It depends in the end on how >> keen people are really to learn what to do. > > It also depends on how stoic they are about insisting that the miracle of > automation they bought > is either perfect in every detail, or else third rate crap. > Just about every complaint I have read about cameras since I got onto the > internet is either > something that can be fixed by either reading the owners manual, or else > reading a good book > about photographic theory, and then putting what you have read into practice.
Here's something interesting I've learned from teaching the latest batch of "raised on automation" photographers: What seems to create the biggest hurdle to their understanding of what they're doing isn't auto-exposure or auto-focus or any of the things I initially expected, it's the camera selecting the *ISO setting* for them. I never thought about it because I'd never dream of letting the camera choose the ISO setting for me, but that's what many "full-auto" modes do these days. And when you realize this, it all makes sense, because if you don't know what your sensitivity setting is -- and are, in fact, unaware that it's being changed all the time -- nothing else about exposure can possibly make sense. -- 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.
