Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alan, In your case I would think it would be relaxing not to go anywhere near photography! Cheers Jayanand On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 10:39 AM, Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3@uwm.edu> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > >>On Jul 16, 2008, at 5:52 AM, Alan Magayne-Roshak wrote: > > >> I find an M to be easier to use (or should I say very much less > >> frustrating) than a DSLR with all the menus, buttons, and the mind of > it's own. > >> With a Leica, set shutter, set aperture, focus, and expose. > >> I like to tell the camera what to do. There is no camera I like > >> using more than my M3. > ......................................... > > From: Nathan Wajsman <photo@frozenlight.eu>: > > >I don't know. You can make it easy or you can make it hard. Every time > >I have bought a DSLR, I set it up the way I like it: shoot RAW, use > >only the center focus point, aperture priority. And that's it. From > >then on, the only controls I need to touch are the aperture selection > >(a thumbwheel) and changing the ISO when the light changes. I don't > >mess around with white balance or anything like that. > > >I simply do not see any reason why I would ever shoot a roll of 35mm > >again. The results from my DSLR are better, I do not need to carry a > >bunch of film around, and I do not need to play with chemicals (or pay > >someone else to do it). - Nathan > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > I think the satisfaction you have with your equipment shows in your > pictures. I'm in a different situation, where others tell me what to > photograph at least 40 hours a week (and during parts of the year, > maybe 50+ hours), always in color, and it is relaxing to practice chemical > photography off duty. Most of what I shoot for myself is B&W, so I like > using my > old cameras, and (still) enjoy getting in the darkroom. > > I use manual exposure on the DSLRs 90% of the time. I hate it when the > camera gives me different exposures for pictures in a situation where the > lighting doesn't change, only the composition of each shot. I figure, if I > have > to monitor what the camera is doing, I might as well set the exposure > myself. > Then the pictures will have consistency. The only camera I've trusted on AE > is > my OM-2n, which over the years has mostly been loaded with transparency > film! > > I may have to carry film around, but thankfully, not big batteries. ;~) > > Disclosure: I was tempted by the Olympus 420 + flat lens because of its > small size, > but I'm not prepared to spend money on a digital camera yet. > > Alan > > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > UPAA POY 1978 > University Information Technology Services > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee > Office Phone: 414 229-6525 | E-mail: amr3@uwm.edu > Department Phone: 414 229-4282 > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >