[Leica] amazing...

[jgovindaraj at eth.net (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

Feli,
Its quite easy to run the D70 on manual - you just have to get used to it - 
I even use AIS lenses on mine. Its designed so that all the controls fall 
quite naturally under your fingers, very good ergonomics.
Cheers
Jayanand Govindaraj
Chennai, India



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Feli" <feli2@earthlink.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 1:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] amazing...


>
>> Likewise I find it baffling that someone has found a market for a pocket
>> guide to overriding the matrix meter of a specific brand of camera based 
>> on
>> color and image size of the subject (birds in this case).  I'd think that
>> using a spot meter and knowing what it's telling you would be quicker and
>> simpler - and would apply to many more situations than the pocket guide 
>> can.
>>
>> Doug Herr
>> Birdman of Sacramento
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
>
> I took a D70 home from work to give it a closer look. I'm a film guy, but 
> that doesn't
> mean I have to remain ignorant of what the other side is up to. I say keep 
> your friends
> close and your enemies closer. ;-)
>
> Anyhow, after playing with the D70 I'm starting to wonder if the exposure 
> program
> is geared towards shooting with fill flash. It seems that as long as you 
> are willing
> to go that route, the system will handle almost anything you can throw at 
> it. Backlighting in particular appears to be a challenge and as long as 
> you allow the camera to pump some fill in there, everything comes out 
> perfect.  Average scenes work like a charm, but it's got an itchy trigger 
> finger for that damn popup flash. That's my initial impression and similar 
> to my experience with other heavily automated systems. Now, that's not a 
> bad thing if you like that look, but not so good if you are a natural 
> light kind of guy. But that is the reality of things. Most modern cameras 
> are geared towards you simply framing the shot and hitting the shutter 
> release. This becomes very obvious when you try to run one of these 
> cameras all manual. It's an awkward experience, since they simply weren't 
> designed to be operated in such a manner. That's one thing that intrigues 
> me about the new Minolta. It actually appears to have dials like a 'real' 
> camera to change such settings.
>
> So, I'll keep playing with it. Maybe I just need more experience with it 
> to make it do what I want. Time will tell, but I do miss simply being able 
> stop down or open up a stop with a simple twist of a dial, when I know I'm 
> about to get screwed.... 8-)
>
> feli
>>
>
>
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