more rangefinder?

Mark Smith wrote:
al situations (think low light)
All situations?? Not responsive enough??? If you can manual focus
and track focus on a fast moving subject as accurately and quickly
as the TTL phase detection autofocus of available dSLRs you have
magician hands and superhuman reaction time. Most of us aren't
built like that.

--mamallama
No but for some situations like Macro and low light manual focus is
better, i reckon that in 75% of situations I can focus faster and
more accurately with MF.
75%??? Faster??? More accurate??? I don't know what type of photography you do nor the camera you use so I can't dispute your statement.

But for most of us using recent dSLRs or even recent digicams that's not true. Most of us can't compete with the speed of the electronics in digital devices today. This becomes more pronounced as we get older and our fingers are not as nimble, our eyesight degrades and our reaction time slows.

--mamallama
 
When I used a typewriter I had to think very carefully about what I
was going to type and the spelling and punctuation. And I'd not
start to type until I was 100 % certain because it was a PITA to
correct anything, even a misplaced comma.
What you are describing is a feature of the brain not of the
technology.
Agree but most tools dictate how they are used: try using a hammer on a screw for instance.
With the computer you can start bashing away when the ideas are
only half baked and poorly thought through and no one seems to
think this is wrong. Make 20 or 30 draft and re-writes and still no
one sees it as a problem. And then this attitude creeps into
everything else, only I don't like the idea of plumbers doing it in
my house and me having to pay for each new draft...
Since when did thinking about your work and how to make it better
become a BAD thing? Since when did the question, 'How can I
communicate this idea in a better way?' become a BAD question?

It is simply idiotic to think that you should freeze your thoughts
at a given point in time and NEVER revisit them. There is a word
in the English language for such a person, and that word is
'Luddite'.
So thinking things through is bad (as in no exit strategy) and deciding is worse (as in I like digital photography).
If it weren't for incremental improvements, most of Western
civilization would not exist today. The whole concept of
scientific method is built on the cycle of 1) create a theory, 2)
test that theory, 3) revise the theory, and 4) test the revised
theory. Your ideas would trap the whole of Western civilization in
the 12th century with the islamo-fascists.
Wow! And here's me thinking that thinking carefully about what I'm going to write, doing a rough list of ideas and then a sequence, more thought and a rough draft in my head (using my brain - as you suggested) and then typing it and making a few minor revisions was a good thing. Mostly because anything I keep changing my mind about isn't fit for me to write and make money from. people who buy books often do so because they get a good guide to things, rather than a wide ranging load of waffle covering every thing from don't, do, never and always on the same item.

And I never even realised that typewriters were responsible for so much that is bad in this world and have been since the twelth century.

BTW, if I hadn't thought about it I would have been rude back...

Regards, David
 
And I never even realised that typewriters were responsible for so
much that is bad in this world and have been since the twelth
century.
It's not the typewriters that is bad it is the belief that ANY person has the ability to 'perfect' his/her thoughts so well that they NEVER need to be revisited again.
BTW, if I hadn't thought about it I would have been rude back...
It's never rude to point out a flaw in someone's thinking or vigously defend your civilization

--
Never trust a man who spells the word 'cheese' with a 'z'
 
And I never even realised that typewriters were responsible for so
much that is bad in this world and have been since the twelth
century.
It's not the typewriters that is bad it is the belief that ANY
person has the ability to 'perfect' his/her thoughts so well that
they NEVER need to be revisited again.
BTW, if I hadn't thought about it I would have been rude back...
It's never rude to point out a flaw in someone's thinking or
vigously defend your civilization

--
Never trust a man who spells the word 'cheese' with a 'z'
Hmmmm, so it could be OK to spell cheese with a "z" ?

Regards, David
 
I don't like the size of the D70 either but AFIK, the main reason fro the M8 size os to keep the collectors happy.;
--
Stephen M Schwartz
SeattleJew.blogspot.com
 
I don't like the size of the D70 either but AFIK, the main reason
fro the M8 size os to keep the collectors happy.;
No Stephen, the reason is a legacy one if you have $5K invested in glass you need to keep!

Also it's nice when moving from film to digital if you have a familiarity with the size layout controls etc
Mark
 
And thenh IU read in the Leica forum how all thse folks REALLY just want a camera to photgrpah poor people in quaint bars.

--
Stephen M Schwartz
SeattleJew.blogspot.com
 
And thenh IU read in the Leica forum how all thse folks REALLY just
want a camera to photgrpah poor people in quaint bars.
I don't drive I cycle, Leica owners don't have to be rich, I paid less for my Leica than your D70!!
While cycling to work you sometime see things like this:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5123741

So next time I see a rich D70 owner who upgrades his camera every 5 years, I'll pity him whist using my $500 25 year old Leica.
 
The D70 was my first camera in about 10 years. If I were still suing film I might also be using an old Leica .. but maybe a C rather than an M series.
--
Stephen M Schwartz
SeattleJew.blogspot.com
 
And thenh IU read in the Leica forum how all thse folks REALLY just
want a camera to photgrpah poor people in quaint bars.
I don't drive I cycle, Leica owners don't have to be rich, I paid
less for my Leica than your D70!!
While cycling to work you sometime see things like this:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5123741
It keeps giving me "timed out" messages...
So next time I see a rich D70 owner who upgrades his camera every 5
years, I'll pity him whist using my $500 25 year old Leica.
Hmmm, though you "have a fully equipped digital studio for shooting small products". Unless "fully equipped" is a point and shoot, you must be even richer than a D70 owner.

Four quick questions...

How much money will you be spending in film in the 5 years until the D70 owner replaces his camera?

How many brands and types of film will be on the market in 5 years?

In 10 years?

In 25 years?

--
Normally, a signature this small can't open its own jumpgate.

Ciao! Joe

http://www.swissarmyfork.com
 
So next time I see a rich D70 owner who upgrades his camera every 5
years, I'll pity him whist using my $500 25 year old Leica.
Hmmm, though you "have a fully equipped digital studio for shooting
small products". Unless "fully equipped" is a point and shoot, you
must be even richer than a D70 owner.
Wealth is not necessarily related to the equipment you own, here in the UK you can buy a fully equipped studio and write some off against tax.

also I work for a couple of large studios here.
Four quick questions...

How much money will you be spending in film in the 5 years until
the D70 owner replaces his camera?
Non sequitur
How many brands and types of film will be on the market in 5 years?
Who knows? there may be more choice in 5 years, but all you need is some film and I'd bet there'll be some about. But I tend to live for today keep one eye on the future and adapt to survive.
My studio was one of the first to have digital capabilities over 10 years ago.
In 10 years?
Who knows? I live for today
In 25 years?
Who knows? I live for today
 
Four quick questions...

How much money will you be spending in film in the 5 years until
the D70 owner replaces his camera?
Non sequitur
A convenient way of dismissing questions for which you have no answers. But it characterizes your arguments much more than mine.
How many brands and types of film will be on the market in 5 years?
Who knows? there may be more choice in 5 years, but all you need is
some film and I'd bet there'll be some about. But I tend to live
for today keep one eye on the future and adapt to survive.
My studio was one of the first to have digital capabilities over 10
years ago.
In 10 years?
Who knows? I live for today
In 25 years?
Who knows? I live for today
No sir. You live in the past. "I'll pity him whist using my $500 25 year old Leica."

--
Normally, a signature this small can't open its own jumpgate.

Ciao! Joe

http://www.swissarmyfork.com
 
Non sequitur
A convenient way of dismissing questions for which you have no
answers. But it characterizes your arguments much more than mine.
Not at all but seeing as I have about 4-5 years of free film I was given, the rough cost to me for film over the next few years $0
Who knows? I live for today
No sir. You live in the past. "I'll pity him whist using my $500 25
year old Leica."
I live very much in the here and now hence why my company invests millions in new equipment
and:

No I don't pity him, I'm just suggesting that I don't have to be rich to use a Leica, that there is no correlation between the camera you use and a overt amount of wealth. not all Leica owners drive Porches.

In fact some choose to spend more on a camera and less on other items could mean they have different priorities; in other words drive a $500 car and use a $4000 camera

I think you have a comprehension problem with my arguments with Stephen sir!
Regards
Mark
 
Also, there is an element of intelleigence that my camera does not
have.
Hmmm, is that a Leica thing?

I've noticed that my Nikons seem to have a frightening element of intelligence and creativity. I'll often put them away clean and neat, and find them the next morning muddy, with dead batteries and full compact flash cards. Pictures of people I've never seen, places I've never been, and some are pretty good...

--
Normally, a signature this small can't open its own jumpgate.

Ciao! Joe

http://www.swissarmyfork.com
 
The choice of where to focus is nto always best made by the little guys running the camera.
--
Stephen M Schwartz
SeattleJew.blogspot.com
 
I've noticed that my Nikons seem to have a frightening element of
intelligence and creativity. I'll often put them away clean and
neat, and find them the next morning muddy, with dead batteries and
full compact flash cards. Pictures of people I've never seen,
places I've never been, and some are pretty good...

--
Normally, a signature this small can't open its own jumpgate.

Ciao! Joe
Are you serious? If so, then maybe your cameras are haunted. I think there's allot of this sort of thing that goes on, because I often hear about "ghost images" with certain lenses or cameras. Perhaps you took too many of these "ghost images" with your gear, once, and now they're infected. I guess if you like the pictures they take, then you might as well leave things be. Still, it's kind of weird. If you're affiliated with a church or religion, you might want to check with them (if you haven't already) to be sure you're not blaspheming by allowing the spirits to stay in your cameras or by enjoying their work.

The Customer
 

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