Bruce, I concur. The automated cameras even make it harder to resist just firing the shutter. All the automation is kind of fun to see in action. The best cure I've had is using the 67. Almost no automation and film cost and film loading speed makes me much more cognizant of each shot. I look through the finder many times and end up not taking the shot, where with my old PZ-1p or MZ-S, many times I would still fire that shutter.
Bracketing a good shot is not the same thing as you describe. Insuring a good shot makes sense. Firing off poor shots just is a waste. Bruce Monday, January 13, 2003, 10:20:32 AM, you wrote: BR> One of the more obvious, but difficult to always do because it takes BR> some discipline, is: Don't take bad pictures. BR> It doesn't take long to learn what things produce the kiss of death for BR> a picture: bad light, bad background, junk in frame, subject out of BR> position or time, etc. You have to get yourself to just not push the BR> button until you've done something to make it possible to get a decent shot. BR> BR
