On Feb 11, 2011, at 12:00 AM, John Francis wrote: > On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 10:27:52PM -0800, Larry Colen wrote: >> >> >> Do you just leave your camera in green mode and autofocus and let it make >> every decision for you? > > Sometimes, yes. (Well, "P" mode, not Green mode, but that's pretty close). > >> I didn't buy a DSLR because of how well it took photos without my input. >> I took a DSLR because of how well it lets me control it. > > I bought a DSLR that was capable of doing routine tasks when I so chose > (just as I bought a SLR that could do that for me; if I wasn't going to > make use of the extra capabilities my good old MX would have sufficed > for anything except shutter speeds faster than 1/1000). > > I'll decide when to automate shutter speed, aperture, focus, flash, etc. > But once I've made that decision I let the camera do the boring stuff. > That usually leaves the camera taking care of focus, and adjusting > aperture and/or shutter speed to get the exposure where I want it to be > (after my dialing in whatever exposure compensation I think is needed). > I bought a DSLR because of how well it lets me decide not to control it.
But John, your answer is "sometimes", not "always". Paul asked why you'd use an AF540 in manual mode, implying that he'd never take the camera out of "auto". I certainly agree that it is just as important to know when the camera can do a better job than you, as it is to be able to effectively control things yourself, but the important thing is that it is the photographer making that decision. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- 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.
