Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:16 PM 3/23/00 +0100, Michel LE wrote: >I'am just curious, how come that when someone talks about a automatic M6, >the argument againts that move is that a "fully automatic" camera >cannot.... ? Frankly, a camera with apeture priority automatism is not a >fully automatic camera. The photog is always in control and decide how to >take a picture... > >What creativity, control would you loose with an Hexar RF??? None, just set >your exposure in manual mode. Many people set manual exposure cameras to exactly what the meter says. I wouldn't call that being particularly creative and controlling. I have a Hexar RF. I use it in AE all the time. I change the exposure with the compensation dial close to 50% of the time. I find it a lot easier to think in terms of EV from a reading, and one gets the benefit of stepless speeds which give more exact control than any manual camera. I'm not saying it's better, but shooting with both manual and auto-exposure cameras, I don't see any difference in the photographs. I would offer the challenge of going through the photographs on my web site and figuring out which were done with a manual camera and which were done with an automatic camera. Jeff Spirer Photos: http://www.spirer.com One People: http://www.onepeople.com/