chippy65 wrote:
Every week Nikon,Canon,Sony bring out some new technical wizardry. We have gone though advances such as TTL metering,
TTL flash, auto focus, follow focus, vibration reduction, Blue Tooth, GPS data...........and so on....too many to list and still coming!
Very clever and talented people have developed camera and lens technology to previously unimaginable heights.
BUT if someone mentions using some of the program modes built into our wonderful cameras by these same gifted technocrats he
is immediately jumped on and drummed out of the Brownies.And mention "Auto Mode" and become excommunicated and join the Living Dead
Seems that we will accept some technology but reject "loosing control" You do what you want and I'll do what I want. Then I won't "lose control" and I won't be either precious or precocious.
Is this reflected in the real world outside photography?
Have we rejected automatic gearboxes, automatic brake systems,power brakes, power steering, and where did the hand operated
advance/retard get to?. Electric washing machines, microwaves........the list is endless. Hell! they even land passenger planes in Auto-Mode !
Are we being a bit too precious?
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