From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!malcolm
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Title: Re: fully manual - (nf)
Article-I.D.: pur-ee.799
Posted: Wed Jan 26 01:27:31 1983
Received: Fri Jan 28 21:00:17 1983

#R:sytek:-27600:pur-ee:8400010:000:730
pur-ee!malcolm    Jan 25 23:54:00 1983

The main reason that I love my fully manual camera is that it forces
me to evaluate the lighting on every shot.  I find my shots are much
better when I do this.  But then I'm somewhat of a perfectionist and
get very upset when either I or the camera blows an exposure.  I don't
think speed is a factor at all....I miss more shots because I can't 
focus fast enough (usually very low light).

I have a Vivitar 282 flash that I use mainly in automatic mode but
then I am very careful to choose an appropiate f-stop (one of four
possible) based on what ratio I want between ambient and flash light
and how difficult it is to focus the camera (a function of number
of beers and low light).

						Malcolm Slaney
						Purdue EE Dept.