----- Original Message ----- From: Chris Brogden Subject: Re: My introduction to digital photography.
> On Sun, 2 Jun 2002, Brendan wrote: > > > A friend of mine has the new sony 707, and it's like a toy, all they > > do is take wierd effect full pics. Yes your right one can not learn > > with a digi cam and once one knows it's film free you blast away with > > out a care. > > Why do you say that one cannot learn with a digicam? Learn what? The G1 > can let you set your shutter speed and aperture (or at least can reproduce > their effects digitally) manually... it actually has all the main shooting > modes of an SLR (M, Av, Tv, P, etc.). In manual mode, you can even see > the difference that changing your exposure makes right on the LCD. Print > quality isn't as good as from 35mm, but if you're talking about > visualizing and recording an image, what can't you learn with a digicam in > manual mode that you can with a film SLR in manual? Chris, I am not going to rehash everything that Mafud has said about small format digital capture. I am only going to say that now that I have actually had the opportunity to work with the results, I have to agree with him. And yes, it pains me to say that. 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 .
