On Tuesday 19 November 2002 15:07, Keith Whaley wrote: > > Is that what Boz said? If so, I find myself disagreeing with him for > the very first time!
Direct quote > > > For the same reason a math student is not allowed a calculator in the > most basic courses of his or here math study. One must KNOW certain > basics, the reason these basics exist and they must be able to derive > answers for themselves, using logic and tried and true principals. A > calculator bypasses these steps, and as a result cripples the student. > IMMHO. Do you give the math student the numbers or does he have to guess at what he is adding and subtracting? > A 'student' CANNOT 'judge' depth of field. If s/he's truly a student, > they must be advised that depth of field depends solely on what focal > length lens they have mounted, and depth-of-field tables cannot be > memorized. Not by most of us, anyhow! <g> It also depends on what aperture is selected. If you don't know the aperture you can't calculate the DOF. > Oh, now you admit, DOF preview is not needed for the beginner! I never said they needed a preview. Just the aperture information to estimate/calculate/judge DOF. > Not until you have hands on experience in choosing your OWN values, > and seeing what transpires in the final print. Exactly. I'm not looking for automation. Just information without moving the camera from my eye. I can use whatever f-stop and shutter speed I want. I just want to know what it is without moving the camera. > I've been wielding 35mm cameras (and other formats) since about 1939 ~ > and I still prefer to do it myself! > I like to think I'm a better photographer because of it! > > Understand, please, I won't turn down the use of a more automatic > camera, but at least I can go back and feel perfectly comfortable with > a [shhhh...] MANUAL camera! I've been using SLR's since 1983 and prefer a manual camera as well. That's why I own 3 MXs and rarely use the LX in aperture priority mode. Again, the MX has no automatic features it is fully manual and mechanical. It just provides viewfinder information. That's all I'm looking for. Christian
