Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Doug, Sorry to hear of your misfortune. ?I have only had that happen twice to me, and it is frustrating when it does happen. ?I hear the R9 has fixed this by using a lock button to lock the mode into place. ?The tape is cheaper though. Cheers, Gene ? -------------- Original message from "wildlightphoto at earthlink.net" <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>: -------------- > Sonny Carter wrote: > > >>> > We have never been able to domesticate auto-focus. It does what it wants > to > most of the time. > <<< > > I'm still seething from my latest brush with camera automation. It's one > of those stories about the one(s) that got away: how I spent an hour > paddling to the location, finding my subject and having the incredibly good > fortune of having the loon eating a fish within 20' of the kayak in good > light for at least a minute with flat water (stable kayak) and a perfect > reflection in the water, and making several exposures while failing to > notice the camera's mode switch had been bumped to (a) instead of where I > thought I had left it, (m). Maybe I made up the part about the fish but > everything else is true. > > Result: badly clipped highlights. F*** automation, f*** the > does-it-all-if-you-can-set-the-switches-and-modes-right design mentality. > I want a digital SL with DMR image quality: an awesome viewfinder, RAW > only, manual exposure only and (obviously) manual focus only; a histogram > for review. I'd rather concentrate on light & subject than modes, meter > patterns, algorithms and overrides, especially when I also have to pay > attention to wind, current, yaw, wakes and whether the paddle is falling > overboard. I had to restrain myself from pitching the thing into the lake. > The f***ing mode switch is getting a healthy dose of gaffer's tape. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information