Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 3/23/00 3:10:30 AM, horsts@primus.com.au writes: >I believe, there is nothing wrong, with some automation, as long as one >cane see >in the view finder what's going on, and as long as it can be switched to >manual >if required. > Yesterday I read a past column by Bill Pierce on the Digital Journalists web page. He was writing about the debate between the pro-digital crowd and the pro-film crowd. He recalled debates he was party to some 30 years ago that paired the on-board meter crowd vs. the non-metered crowd and wondered what the big deal was. Some guys in this group are hopeless laggards. There is NOTHING about intellegently designed AE metering that impairs the creativity of the photographer. In fact, an argument can be made that it's liberating and actually enhances the photographer's creativity. Those of us who use a modern SLR in addition to our Leica M cameras know that. My M4-p and M3 are fine for black and white but I would appreciate having an AE M-camera for my slide film body. That way I could concentrate on the photo and not so much on the exposure. Bob (tries to stay current to within at least a couple of decades) McEowen