> "It's the Photographer - not the Technology!"
>
> How many times have we used that defense for backing up our
> choice in less than current equipment? Although true that the
> "latest greatest" in automation won't make us better
> photographers, neither will a blind trust in our "skills".
>
> We are so prideful of our well-honed abilities to twist an
> aperture ring, yet we fail to acknowledge our inability to
> select the correct ISO setting 1000f the time.
>
> - I've screwed up the focus on more shots than an autofocus
> camera would have done,
>
> - I've messed up the ISO setting on innumerable rolls of film,
>
> - I've mistakenly left the camera in two slow of an exposure,
> blowing what would have been a properly exposed hand-held
> picture,
>
> - My thumb is able to advance the film only so fast,
>
> - I've missed many pictures while rewinding, changing and
> threading film.
>
> Shall I go on?
>
> The fact is, I can always shoot these latest/greatest
> wonderbricks in manual exposure mode, but I could never shoot an
> OM-1 in anything but manual mode.
>
> We are using the equivelent of a 1973 Volkswagon Beatle. You
> might be able to still drive it to the store, but I wouldn't
> recommend it for a New York City Yellow Cab.
>
> "It's the Photographer - not the Technology" is true. However,
> failure to properly accept technology is as much of a mistake as
> relying on it too much.
>
> AG-Schnozz
I think someone is trying to stir the pot again. I'm not biting yet :-)
Wayne
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