Re: [Leica]He should have bought a Leica....

["Steve LeHuray" <icommag@toad.net>]

Yes, amazing is'nt it! AF and complete automation has been with us for
almost a generation now and many people have bought into it. I think we
should consider blaming the manufacturers and their advertising agencies for
telling us "...this is what you need to be a complete person." I can only
sympathize with people who have let themselves be lobotomized by those ad
messages. I know that it is alot more complicated than that and I dont
expect it will get any better. Technology will continue to get more and more
complicated and people will continue to become even more dependent on it,
but, that can be good and bad. Personally I am quite content with my 2 old
M's and a hand held meter.
Steve
Annapolis
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>From: "Dan S" <dstate1@hotmail.com>
>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>Subject: [Leica]He should have bought a Leica....
>Date: Fri, Jul 23, 1999, 10:49 AM
>

>
>While visiting a camera shop this week I was witness to a customer tirade 
>surrounding a Canon EOS3.
>
>The guy was KICKING his camera equipment all over the floor, and then 
>stormed out screeming..."F...... EOS3, I finally get an assignment and the 
>...... thing won't work!"
>
>The guy behind the counter and I stared at each other for a moment, and then 
>he explained that the camera was not working in the PROGRAM mode, and that 
>the customer had no idea how to use a camera manually, or in any other mode.
>
>This episode served to reinforce my opinion that new photographers "pro" or 
>otherwise are better served learning how to use their BRAIN to adjust their 
>little camera knobs and not let the camera think for them.
>
>Automation is dandy, but it can leave you in a state of mental atrophy.
>
>Maybe all the bucks this guy dumped in his EOS3 would have been better spend 
>on a used M6 and a 35mm lens...
>
>
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