photography anybody?

[Mr. Pockets]

Originally Posted by Trevor

Hi Phil, I appear to be chasing you about here.

I have been a long time SLR user and had the same thoughts regarding my Pentax. But after taking all into account, including economics, I decided a complete camera was the way to go. What is more the major advantage of the SLR is partly sidelined by the LCD viewer. Because of the difficulty in setting up the many functions, I and most find they stick with automatics and play at the computer stage. Not classical but practical.

The tree house photo is a classic.

Cheers, Trevor.

Thanks.

Our DSLR serves my wife and me very well. It gives me the control I want over every stinking picture I take, and it has an automatic mode for my wife to use. Automatic really means totally automatic - you can't choose the focus group, and it'll even pop the flash (which is brighter than the freaking sun, my one complaint about the camera) when it sees fit.

I hate using LCDs as viewfinders. Most people have difficulty with them, so they make family get-togethers more aggravating. Who hasn't waited while their aunt or uncle try to find everybody in that little screen, when they could just look through the stupid camera?

I futz with my camera much more than any aunt or uncle at a family picnic, so I don't make anybody pose. I like candid photos much, much better.