On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 10:47 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Aug 9, 2008, at 6:52 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > >> I guess my goals are oriented to creating good images, >> not knowing how to exploit the limits of every camera. >> I learn what I need to know, and keep the manual around for when >> I see opportunities to extend my skills with new features. > > If you don't know what the features are or how they're useful, what, > you're going to look up what else the camera can do in the field when > the photo situation is in front of you? I do a lot of practicing with > the camera to learn it. That's separate from when I go out to shoot my > work or a job, which is when I focus on "creating good images".
It depends on how you shoot. Some capabilities of the camera you need to know intimately, others you don't. For example, I haven't bothered to learn the complexities of my D300's AF system (which is extremely complex) because those complexities don't affect my work, I rarely shoot action and when I do, centre AF with tracking handles it just fine. Heck, AF in general is unnecessary for most of my work. The flip side is I've delved heavily into Nikon's Picture Control system because I love how it interacts with the CaptureNX processing software, allowing me to get a good idea of how the final image will look in-camera without giving up the advantages of shooting RAW. > >> In terms of buying cameras, you're wrong. >> If you have the money, you should get the features you want. >> Cameras are improving fast enough that you should. > > I haven't seen much that actually improves photographs' quality by a > significant amount since 2005 or so. Mostly more speed and more > pixels, neither of which are essential to my work. That's why I > haven't seen much point to buying a K20D or E-3 ... The K10D and E-1/ > L1 have more capability than I've used as yet; they all have the > features I want. If my business were making 20x30 inch prints, I'd > want the higher resolution. > > Godfrey > It really depends on what you shoot. The major advances I've seen in that time period are in high ISO quality and resolution. The former is a big advantage for me, the latter not as much. I'd happily shoot an 8-10MP body if that meant better high ISO IQ than my current 12MP body. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
