Shel,
Thanks for that. I felt really good after reading that.
Ray Allen. Sydney. Australia. Dedicated Spotmatic owner and user.
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spotmatic
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From: "Creature's Comfort" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 12:55 PM
Subject: Re: MZ-S and Others
> Doug Brewer wrote:
> >
> > Oh good. I was worried that without Shel
> > we wouldn't have anyone around to tell us
> > what Real Photographers use for Photography.
>
> A Real Photographer only uses manual equipment, has minimal
> use for built-in light meters, shoots B&W negative film, has
> no use for cameras that require the use of functions or an
> encyclopedic "user's" manual, and has no need to understand
> such acronyms as FPS, Tv, Av, Hp, LCD, and other such
> silliness.
>
> A Real Photographer has no need for digital anything, auto
> rewind, data imprinting, any sort of auto focus, and doesn't
> wait around for a "flagship" camera. He eschews zoom lenses,
> camera gear made of plastic, anything rated as "consumer",
> matrix metering, or 35mm cameras larger than an LX.
>
> A Real Photographer has never used a camera that must be
> "programmed" to be used, or one which relies extensively on
> batteries or small internal combustion engines in order to
> operate. He uses a camera with a real pentaprism rather than
> a silly "hall of mirrors" viewfinder, and prefers lenses with
> DOF scales on them.
>
> A Real Photographer knows how to process his own film, make
> enlargements, use his camera without looking at its dials,
> knobs, or levers, and would never be caught with a camera that
> has pictures of a happy face on a glowing dial.
>
> A Real Photographer understands film speed, doesn't need DX
> encoding, and knows how to use a variety of light meters other
> than the one that's built into his camera.
>
> There ya go Doug ... I just had to put everything in proper
> perspective <vbg>
>
> --
> Sheldon Belinkoff
> CREATURE'S COMFORT
> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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