As an old fart who got into photography before AF, I confess that manual focusing, like myself adjusting exposure based on how the light changes, or merely getting the decisive moment shooing one shot at a time...rather than in bursts...is merely a preference for the sense of engagement in the process I get from doing it myself...
...there\'s a greater sense of control...and of accomplishment...a greater sensing the odds of success and failure....which I don\'t mind terribly, the meeting and beating the odds I mean...the sense that it wasn\'t the camera, but me, who got the shot...
As an old fart who got into photography before AF, I confess that manal focusing, like myself adjusting exposure based on how the light changes, or merely getting the decisive moment shooing one shot at a time...rather than in bursts...is merely a preference for the sense of engagement in the process I get from doing it myself...
...there\'s a greater sense of control...and of accomplishment...a greater sensing the odds of success and failure....which I don\'t mind terribly, the meeting and beating the odds I mean...the sense that it wasn\'t the camera, but me, who got the shot...
Feb 14, 2010 at 01:33 PM
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