Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B. D. Colenbdcolen@earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)8/22/021:20 PM >list, but when someone expresses contrary opinions about "your" camera, >that person is "ranting." :-) Perhaps I did choose the wrong word with "rant". I don't mind contrary opinions about gear. To each his/her own. I just don't understand declarations (hopefully not too harsh a word :-0) which suggest that one feature or another, or lack of one feature or another make a particular piece of gear, or manufacturer more than or less than some other piece of gear or manufacturer. >As to KISS, nothing is more KISS than putting an AF SLR on apperature >priority and firing away. ;-) When I had N90 and F5 gear I tried to see it that way - for years. But for me the cameras became a mindless point and shoots. Great for fast action stuff, which I rarely shoot. When I wanted to make some decisions, different than the chosen mode's, I had to go through a bunch of screens and button combinations which never seemed related to simple aperture ring, shutter ring, focus, shoot. Never enjoyed the point and shoot modality. I missed that other and different kind of simplicity that comes with manual mode, where the mind/body experience simply works with a mechanical tool in the hand. So all the bells and whistles went unused. I say this not to sell or defend my preferences or disparage other's. Probably speaks more to my age and decades of M and Nikon F use. I can easily imagine assignments which would send me out shopping for auto everything gear. Fortunately or unfortunately - I don't have any such assignments. Whenever I hear about the mavericks out there who have the R to EOS adapter, I experience lust for a Canon digital body with said adapter. Not a matter of if but when. George - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html