Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 2/6/06, Marc James Small <msmall@infionline.net> wrote: > I no longer take pictures. I am not at present equipped with a darkroom > though I suspect that I shall be again within a six-month or so. I have no > ability with digital and my efforts to learn from this group about digital > have simply convinced me that I have no idea whjat anyone is talking about. > I have a VERY basic digital P&S and I cannot make it work. My wife has a > very basic digital P&S and can on rare occasion make it work. This may not be a response you want to hear, but one way to make digital far more palatable is to buy an entry-level digital SLR - the Canon Rebel or Nikon D50, preferably without the useless kit lenses that they're packaged with. Alternately, a more advanced P&S type model with manual controls over focus and exposure. The basic digital P&S you're using now probably has tortuously slow and imprecise autofocus, five-second shutter lag and nothing but a fuzzy LCD screen for viewing, right? Those will never make anyone happy - would you have warmed to film in the same situation? With a dSLR, even a cheap one, it's just like shooting film, only you put the images on a wee compact flash card and load them onto your computer. I enjoy shooting film (and have been buying up all the bulk APX100 I can afford at $20/100'), but digital has a lot going for it. -- MP wooderson@gmail.com