Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/09

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Subject: [Leica] FF sidewalk flower pot f 1/125 s at f/8.0 and be there
From: john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)
Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 19:38:16 +0000
References: <7C747315-C561-4301-9F19-894856B4F056@mac.com> <CDDA3CBD.B242%mark@rabinergroup.com>

> I think you'll find that most, make that pretty much all of the known 
> shooters
> if they're not at P they are most certainly at A.
> A 35mm camera is all about speed... Shooting very fast.

I cannot conceive of using an expensive camera in P&S mode!

> Shooting a camera  it in the foot by disabling its main features is only 
> smart a
> vast non majority of the time...

I seem to get by ;-)

> Oh and its great John  turned off the auto ISO the minute he got his new
> camera we'd not want to have him confused dealing with something new.

My other cameras have it as well, it is enabled on my X-100 but not my 
Leica's.

john
 
> On 6/8/13 2:21 PM, "Lottermoser George" <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote:
> 
> >
> > On Jun 7, 2013, at 9:51 PM, John McMaster wrote:
> >
> >> One of the first things I did with my M is turn off auto-ASA, why do
> >> I want to not be in control of my photos?
> >
> > most especially if one disdains any sort of "auto-post-process" ?
> >
> > Personally I don't like or use auto anything unless I'm feeling lazy
> > or shooting extremely fast action sports, events, etc.
> > (which has become fairly rare)
> >
> > different strokes for different folks
> >
> > Regards,
> > George Lottermoser
> > george at imagist.com
> > http://www.imagist.com
> > http://www.imagist.com/blog
> > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
> > 


In reply to: Message from imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] FF sidewalk flower pot f 1/125 s at f/8.0 and be there)
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