----- Original Message ----- From: "Shel Belinkoff" Subject: Re: Am I Really a Dinosaur?
> Well, I like the shutter lag. It gives you time to change your mind and > photograph something else. It also allows you time to guess if you've > caught the shot. Fast shutter response is overrated. Once you press > the button, you're committed, and that means more wasted frames, and, at > best, you've only got 36 exposures. This is what I detest about the LX. I mean really, as soon as you decide to take the picture, the picture is taken. I hear the Leica rangefinders are worse for this so called feature. It of takes all the guess work out of photography and turns it into a mere science. One of the joys of photography is the surprises that you get back from the lab. Sure, they are not all pleasant, but they are still surprises, and that is one of the things that makes life exciting. Far better to have time to rethink the decision, perhaps have a cup of coffee (My favourite comes from Brazil, but not very often, sad to say) and decide that the subject isn't worthy of a photograph, or perhaps notice that the stars are out of alignment, and no photograph will work until the moon is in the seventh house, and Jupiter is aligned with Mars. Only then will love rule the stars, brother, and only then will peace guide the planets. But I digress. William Robb - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
