Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What Sonny said about the auto cameras. For most of the things I shoot, a camera that goes click when I push the shutter release is what I want. When I have been out all day after working ten to twelve hours my mind isn't too sharp sometimes; I don't want to remember which sequence of buttons and dials turns things on or off. I can remember shutter speed, aperture, and focus. I have been shooting long enough that most exposure situations can be handled without a meter. Cameras should take pictures and not talk back when they disagree. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 6/22/05, SonC@aol.com <SonC@aol.com> wrote: > > > In a message dated 6/22/2005 7:45:45 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > mcyclwritr@comcast.net writes: > > The article mentions "shutter lag." Is that the damnable, seemingly > interminable, and now unconscionable time lapse between the press of the > shutter > button and the actual capture of the image? > > > > harummm. I am now slipping back into M mode for anything that doesn't > have > to be shown that day. I am hopeful that a new minilab opening near my > house will be staffed by someone I can easily intimidate into not > scratching my > negs. > > I do like the issue from my Pentax *ist DS, but sometimes, it takes a look > at a shot,and disagrees with me as to how it should be taken. > > The camera diddles and daddles, and blinks some little leds in the finder, > and then, as the shot I wanted fades from everything but my memory, finally > goes kerchunk. > > So, I am playing with my M6's again. I've bought an M5, that I am > starting > to adore, as it has nothing on the right side in the way of straps or > lugs, > and nestles right into my bigole fat hand. > > It is fun to go shooting with a camera that assumes that whatever I set it > is what I want the shot made at. So I miss a few. At least I have the > moment > I sought, and I can always try to fix it . . but if I miss that moment > cuz > a computer is trying to second guess me, there is no way in hell i can fi > what I missed. > > > Regards, > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > Natchitoches, Louisiana > Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane > ?galit?, libert?, crawfish > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >