Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nick Hunter wrote: > I understand shifters are on the way out- even racing cars have automatics now (why does the party >always end when I get there?). Actually, they are more akin to the manual mode Tiptronic transmission found in Porsches and other cars. The car changes gears only when the driver shifts, but rather than use a clutch and shifter, formula one drivers use paddles mounted on the steering wheel. The parallel to cameras is that a skilled photographer with a manual cameras will make the right decisions on his or her own. They will know that they must increase exposure to compensate for backlighting or snow without the camera needing to tell them and so forth. Regardless of the camera's jazzy extra functions, you are still picking simply focus, aperture, and shutter speed.