Steve Larson wrote: > NEW! You lucky dude. Agreed, it`s a fantastic camera. I think a button for > DOF would be nice too, like on the Super Program (actually it`s an > actuating lever).
Sorry, but by "new" I meant "newly acquired", not "brand spanking new just out of the box". Thats why I used quotes :) > Mine doesn`t do that, maybe it`s only the new ones? Yeah, possibly part of one of the many updates they did. Either that or my one's just behaving a bit strangely. Its been doing a few strange things today. > Might as well use a disposable camera then. While composition is > a very important factor, technicality should not be dismissed. That's probably taking my comments a little too seriously. I was not dismissing the tecnical side of photography. What I'm doing is evaluating my own position of exactly how far I'm prepared to go to maximise the sharpness of my pictures. I've decided that its silly to lust after ultra-expensive lenses only for the sake of a slightly sharper image. Unfortunately it won't stop me from buying those same lenses for an extra stop or two of speed over what I currently have, or lower distortion, less flare, lighter weight, etc. I'm starting to find these characteristics a bit more important than raw resolving power, particularly in the 35mm format. If this wasn't the case I might as well sell my entire Pentax kit and buy a Contax or Hasselblad (and even a lens, if I could afford that too!). Would that make my pictures sharper? Probably. Would it make my pictures better? No. It makes sense to do the best you can with what you have, but I don't think there's any need to go on a big spending spree for only a marginal improvement in your pictures. > Wouldn`t the images that are "soft" look better if sharp? Oh no, now we > are getting into the "art" aspect ;) I don't think I'll go there but I have some slides which might qualify :) The last "artistic" shot I attempted was going up to the top of a hill and shooting car headlight trails handheld at 400mm. 30 second exposure, and it was cold enough to slightly enhance the camera shake :) Cheers, - Dave http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/ (out of date)
