On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 8:32 AM, eckinator <[email protected]> wrote: > 2010/2/24 frank theriault <[email protected]>: >> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 4:23 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I think that most photographers would agree that there maybe a dozen "must >>> have" features on a camera. <snip> >> >> I have three "must have" features: >> >> 1) shutter release >> 2) aperture control >> 3) focus > > 4) image composition > 5) shutter speed > 6a) wind/rewind > 6b) memory card slot
Yeah, okay, a shutter speed control would be good... ;-) My point is that most "features" are nothing more than rarely used gimmicks. They're marketing tools more than photographic ones. I'm not saying we should go back to the "good old days" of mechanical cameras with all-manual controls, but I think some people would do well to shoot with such a camera for a while. I'm appalled at the number of photographers (rather, people who hold themselves out as photographers) I've talked to recently who have no idea of what shutter speed or aperture is. As for features, for the type of photography I usually do, I don't tend to use them, so whatever's on the camera, I'm happy with. Sure, I use some of them, but only because they're there anyway. They don't tend to be why I'll buy or not buy a camera. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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.
