> > From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2008/06/16 Mon PM 11:55:33 GMT > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Uh oh > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "mike wilson" > Subject: Re: Uh oh > > How else _can_ you learn? Wobbly crap is fine for those with experience > > and capability. > > Learners need the very best equipment. > > C'mon Mike. I learned photography in the early 70s on a 50's era rangefinder > camera. The stuff > that is being produced now is far less wobbly than a 1947 Graphlex, but some > very good > photographers learned their craft on equipment such as that.
I deliberately didn't define "best" as it is not really possible until you know the particular circumstances. I don't mean that every learner needs a Leica or uberkamera but, for instance, I would not give a learner a unit that is known to produce noticeable spherical abberations, nor one that has an unreliable shutter. I would also want to give them a camera that gave them the option of setting the various factors themself. It's the same attitude as not letting a learner driver have their first go on the road in a high-powered rear-engined car in the wet at rush hour. ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- 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.
