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Rodolfo Paiz wrote:
Some of this "manual only" stuff seems awfully like "I'm better than you" snobbery, guys. Get over it, OK? There is nothing wrong with using the technology, and especially in learning how to get the most out of the technology.
I've gotten a few of my best shots in full manual... but just a few. More often, I'm focused on composition, relating to the subject, light management (wherein flash is part of the equation, and not a separate anything), and actually finding/getting the moment. My matrix metering works just fine 99% of the time, thank you very much, and I know my tools well to know when that 1% happens and then go to full manual because I need to do so. In my personal opinion, not using the tool to its fullest extent is just plain silly.
My camera lives on A mode, usually EC +0.3 or +0.7, with Auto ISO on, AF-C, 21-point group dynamic mode. And if it didn't, I'd never get most of the images that I do get. I want to see the eyelashes on a cheetah, the tail feathers on an F-16, and the "full manual" gig just don't cut it when swinging a 500/4 around the sky.
If you know your gear and your photographic skills well enough to use full manual, and you prefer to do so, then great! Enjoy it, and be proud that you're able to get good results using your preferred techniques. But if you try to sneer down your nose at the technology or those of us who use it, I'm going to laugh at you. The camera's and the computer's abilities are part of the photographic process, and they are not impure or undeserving in any way.
Use 'em if you want to, leave 'em if you don't, but make no mistake: neither choice makes you a better photographer. I choose to use all the technology I can get my hands on and which makes good sense for the particular image I'm trying to capture....Show more →
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The truly talented and best performing people I have dealt with in a variety of disciplines are the ones that never had to comment about how good they are....trenchmonkey's comment were just plain offensive and uncalled for.
Scott
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