[Leica] OT autofocus

[telyt at earthlink.net (Douglas Herr)]

Roy Feldman <roy@detroitphotographic.com> wrote:

>
> D.H. <I can see how AF can be vital where composition is
>secondary to getting the picture.  For me, composition IS the picture.>
>Ouch that hurt. I'm used to that way because thats how M series work and of
>course; with all the pictures shot with M's, composition always takes a back
>seat :)
>

Apologies, Roy.  I fear I've used a blunt axe where a scalpel would have 
sufficed :-)

I do feel that the productive value of the whatever tools and techniques we 
use should be taken in the context of our photographic goals: illustrating a 
product for an industrial catalog, illustrating a product for a consumer 
advertising campaign, recording a news-worthy event, recording personal 
events, etc.... and that no tool or technology suits all tasks equally well.

I get particulary worked up about automation of various kinds because its 
virtues are trumpeted on virtually every internet forum while its 
shortcomings are glossed over, or kludges worthy of Rube Goldberg are 
accepted as S.O.P. where simple manual control with a smidgen of neuron 
excersize would provide a more effective solution.


Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com