I feel that if I'm not familiar enough with everything the camera can do, I can't possibly exploit it to the limits. So I read the manuals cover to cover and exercise every function on the camera until I know it well. Then I make whatever setup I like most and ignore the rest.
If you're buying cameras faster than you learn one thoroughly, you're changing cameras way too fast. There's no need to. I'm still using 2003-2006 generation cameras and can't say I've exploited them anywhere near what I want to in order to get my value out of them. I'm still processing and selling photos I made in 2005 too. Godfrey On Aug 8, 2008, at 2:31 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > Godfrey, > > Cameras I knew and used for years - no manuals. > I know the ME, Super Program, LX, etc.- simple stuff. > Electronic marvels - I still need the cheater card for the functions > on the PZ-1, PZ-1p, and MZ-S and carry it with the cameras. > Digital life spans are short. I brought the manuals with me to GFM > when I brought the *ist DS or K10D or K20D. K20D manual is in the > bag today. > > It all depends on how you shoot. > I don't read and exhaustively test all the features on the camera, > then memorize how to use them. > That's why we have the written word. -- 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.
