Yes, people do buy expensive and/or sophisticated cameras without any knowledge of photography, or of what the camera can do. I once encountered the titled heir to a Belgian beer empire who owned a Leica - probably an M3, given the era, who complained it wasn't working properly and took to it with a nail file. Turned out it was something really simple he'd no knowledge of - unfortunately I no longer remember what it was!
John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Larry Colen Sent: Wednesday, 20 April 2011 2:59 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Green mode, a detail I'd forgotten On Apr 19, 2011, at 8:36 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > It's always been a question mark to me ... Why does a camera costing > $1500+ need a "green mode"? Does Pentax (or anyone else) really expect > newbies to spend $1500 for a camera body? I'm willing to bet that people like that even buy Leicas. Level of experience or knowledge has nothing to do with how much someone spends on something. Look at how long sportscars have been available with automatic transmissions, even before the modern ones that arguably can out perform human shifting. > And for those people to > tweak the settings inappropriately enough that a special mode is > needed so they can get a passible photograph? How about Steve Wozniak and his stunt in a Beech Bonanza, which has a lot to do with why Scotts Valley has a K-mart and not an airstrip. > Or even know that they > need to switch to "green mode" if they know little enough to set the > camera so inappropriately? > > Seems kinda ridiculous. If I hand my camera to someone I know isn't a > sophisticated user, I set it up for them and tell them what to go to > get a good photograph. I don't expect the inexperienced user to know > that the camera should be in "green mode." I have to admit, the green mode does do a pretty good job of choosing the settings, but I'd expect that file format would be the one that it should let the camera owner choose. I've handed my camera to other people a few times over the years, and my quick stab at the settings often failed miserably. > My cameras (and the K5, > etc) all have the capability to store custom user configurations that > the owner can set up to do the same job if this is a frequent need. > -- > Godfrey > godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com > > -- > 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. -- 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. -- 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.
