[Leica] IMG: Friday Flower PLUS GEAR! :-)

Sat Mar 14 18:39:46 PDT 2015

Herbert Kanner
kanner at acm.org
650-326-8204

Question authority and the authorities will question you.

I realized something, thinking about it today. These cameras with all those damn bells an whistles are controlled by software in a read-only memory. It is very complicated software (the correct term these days if firmware). I’ve never heard of really complex software that doesn’t have bugs. I’m sure the weird random misbehavior of the X100S is not any kind of mechanical fault; just software bugs that the manufacturers guys are too lazy to find and fix.

> On Mar 13, 2015, at 2:10 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
> AND SONNY OFFERED: :-)
>>>> I've been shooting Friday Flowers for years and NEVER used macro mode.  Shoot wider and crop.
>> 
>> As that crazy Canadian says KISS.<<<<<<<<<<<<
> 
> love yu GUY! :-) 
> 
> Hey Sonny, But that's the truth! The more bells and whistles creates a greater potential for onsite crap-outs REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE TECHIES IN THE FACTORY CREATE AND OR TELL THE PURCHASING FOLKS! 
> 
> Many times gear works so beautiful in the factory and test benches. HOWEVER???????? Take it in the field by a regular everyday talented  shooter and it MAY or MAYNOT crap out! Then return it FOR SERVICE and have it returned 6 months later! :-( 
> 
> In the "REALLY GOOD OLD DAYS" one bought the LEICA, added a roll of film each time you wished to take more photos. And you did it that way and it worked perfectly. oh for about 20-30 years and never let you down.
> 
> How many of you folks before all the techie aspects of photography today?????? TOOK VERY NICE PHOTOS DAY AFTER DAY FOR YEARS BEFORE ALL THE TECHIE STUFF? You just out and out blew people away?
> 
> Hey the techie stuff is cool. HOWEVER? The designers and super brain technicians keep advancing all kinds of aspects of cameras, computers and many other amazing bits and pieces these days. They're creating a world of potential screw-up's every single day.
> 
> And quite frankly in many cases??????????? We all did just beautifully fine before they invented them!
> 
> NOW REMEMBER I DIDN'T SAY ALL OF THEM! Only the ones I can't figure out to make work! :-) MOST!!! AND WHEN I TRY? I really screw things up quite badly! Then my years of photo KISS experience kicks in with only one re-action? "KILL THE MACHINE!" When I really really get put off?  "KILL THE TECHNICAL DESIGNING PERSON!":-( 
> 
> Rarely does one "BLAME THEMSELVES?" Simply because rarely do we want to admit we're just an un-educated DUMPKOFF" :-)
> 
> OR better? Pour a glass of extra fine single malt, sit out on the back deck and reminisce back 40 years or more, relax, take a deep breathe and re-peat?  "Naw that's OK I'll get it right tomorrow!" SMILE and have a wee sip! Breath gently. 
> 
> Yes Sonny "KISS" fashion is calm, relaxing and produces magical moments one never thought possible. The techie stuff???? Can always leave you with doubt??????????? KISS? You see. You click! BEAUTIFUL! :-)
> Have a good one!
> cheers,
> ted
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> 
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Herbert Kanner
> Sent: March-13-15 12:29 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Friday Flower
> 
> Good point, Sonny. Just what I did with my M9 and 35mm lens, but, alas, Leica has had my camera with messed up sensor since December and I’ve not heard a thing.
> 
> Herbert Kanner
> kanner at acm.org
> 650-326-8204
> 
> Question authority and the authorities will question you.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Mar 13, 2015, at 5:11 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Just turn off the flash, don't use macro.  Set the camera up at home and shoot it the same way all the time and don't mess with the menus outside. 
>> 
>> I've been shooting Friday Flowers for years and NEVER used macro mode.  Shoot wider and crop.
>> 
>> As that crazy Canadian says KISS.
>> 
>> from my iPad
>> 
>> Sonny Carter
>> 
>>> On Mar 13, 2015, at 1:12 AM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/DSCF1598.jpg.html <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/DSCF1598.jpg.html>
>>> 
>>> In a way, this is cheating. The flower did not come from my backyard. It did not come from a neighbor’s garden; it came from a neighborhood grocery store. These flowers, displayed for modesale, are a minor challenge: it is hard to find one not so thoroughly and tightly packed with neighbors that a single flower is hard to shoot.
>>> 
>>> Anyway, I was just trying out manual focusing with peaking and am disappointed with the result. In addition, I’m getting really pissed off with that Japanese junk—referring to the firmware, not to the physical camera, which in general has been superb. Example: I wanted to use Macro. Well there is a mode called “silent” which suppresses flash, the speaker which gives various toots, yaps, and simulated shutter clicks, flash, focus assist light, and for some reason that defies explanation, macro mode. So, I first have to hold down one button for ten seconds to unlock a lock (not ever mentioned in the manual), which unlocking permits me to hold down another button for another ten seconds to disable silent mode!!! Then I can set macro mode and take the picture. 
>>> 
>>> Well reversing this little action proved next to impossible. No matter what I did, the toggle between optical and electronic viewfinders did not work, and the display in the viewfinders was incomplete. I have set it to show battery status, focus distance and depth of field shown graphically, and the usual: shutter speed f number, exposure compensation, ISO, and the focus rectangle. And the lever on the front should toggle between EVF and OVF. After interminable minutes of fooling around I decided the quickest thing was to do a reset of the shooting menu and then set it up from scratch—this is not too bad because once I set RAW, many of the defaults are either what I want or are irrelevant. Mainly, I have to set check marks on boxes for what I want to show in the two finders. It took me a while to realize that this was really the fastest way to restore it to be a working camera. JAPANESE JUNK. Just what idiot specified this interface?????
>>> 
>>> Cheers, y’all
>>> 
>>> HerbBoe
>>> 
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>>> 
>>> 
>>> Herbert Kanner
>>> kanner at acm.org
>>> 650-326-8204
>>> 
>>> Question authority and the authorities will question you.
>>> 
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