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Bravo!

I agree with pretty much everything you say, and I understand that you use the word “composure” as a synonym for “composition” (that should be pretty obvious to all readers).
However, there are a variety of situations where is not possible for a photographer position himself/herself in the ideal spot to compose the ideal image. In these situations, it is essential to crop the image in post processing. Also, a well composed image may contain within it several other beautiful compositions which can only be obtained through cropping the original image. In all of these situations it is helpful to have 50 megapixels to work with. Thanks for your post.

This has been an excellent dialogue. Thanks to everyone involved. I have one question, to clarify what several people have written: if I am shooting in AP plus auto ISO, won’t the camera automatically adjust ISO to offset the EC adjustment I make? In other words, do I need to use manual ISO in order for EC to have the intended effect?

My favorite place is the Tyringham Valley, near the river.

This goes beyond the question asked. I store raw files on my external hard drive but I also store post processed files. A single raw file from my Nikon D850 fully processed on Photoshop is often 500-600MB. Those files fill up a 2 TB external hard drive pretty quickly.

Manual focus is the biggest factor: great glass and old eyes do not go well together without autofocus.

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He has a website as well.
He is excellent.

It also ignores the cost of making prints: at least one dollar per print (cost of paper) plus chemicals and dark room supplies.

Thanks jeryh! I certainly agree with you about the M6. I have the M6 TTI which is a great camera. Everyone says the Q2 is also a terrific camera. For me, however, it’s lens is too wide - I prefer 55 mm and up.

Understood. But things will get back to normal eventually and hopefully, at that point, your budget will expand.

Thanks very much. I have heard great things about the Q. The 28 mm lens is a little too wide for me. I prefer 55 mm up to 135 mm. That’s just a personal preference.

I have heard that the Leica M 10 M is a remarkable camera. It has a 42MP sensor and, apparently, since the sensor has no color “filters,“ the camera takes better black-and-white photos than any other digital camera out there. Since you are a professor of photography, you may be entitled to certain tax benefits relating to equipment purchases. That brings down the cost of the equipment. I think you should go for it!

These are all great posts! Many thanks for your insights! ORpilot, I am sure you will have a Leica one day. A great place to start is with a film camera such as the M6TTI which is wonderful. Reverend, I still have my Nikon F2 from the early 70s along with some beautiful Nikon glass. I still use that camera and I have recently been spending time in a friend’s dark room printing images of my wife as a very young lady that I took with that camera!!

Thanks very much. I am going straight to Steve Huff’s site!