Larry, To paraphrase William Shakespear, The problem Horatio is not in our gear, but in our selves. Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 3:12 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > What photos are you losing because your gear isn't performing well enough, or > because it doesn't have a feature that you need? And in what situations does > this present itself? If there is a work around, what do you need to do to > get the shot? > > Poor autofocus? Can't use the flash in the rain? Don't have enough > resolution to make wall sized prints? > > For example, "my camera sucks because it isn't full frame" is not what I'm > looking for. Here's a hypothetical case: > The exposure metering sucks. If I leave the camera on auto exposure, then > when I am taking photos of Dave Brooks working the corner of Heart Attack and > Vine downtown, the camera keeps metering for the stop light, and both David, > and his pimp Doug come out way underexposed. If I dial in exposure > compensation, then when I shoot without the light in the background it > overexposes and his white satin pants are totally blown out. I just have to > put the camera in manual, set the exposure by the histogram, and hope that no > cars catch them in their headlights. > > > -- > 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.
