From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!CAD:tektronix!zehntel!sytek!blk Newsgroups: net.rec.photo Title: fully manual Article-I.D.: sytek.276 Posted: Mon Jan 24 10:14:27 1983 Received: Thu Jan 27 19:58:41 1983 It is nice to see people with strong feelings about the art of manual photos, *BUT* ... if a photographer plans to shoot in color, and have a lab develop and print, full manual is of *minimal* value! The color processing equipment is highly automated and becoming more so. Just as the auto camera averages the scene to one level of 'gray', the auto printers *and* the newer developing machines average to the same overal brightness. The result is that if you meter against the figures face (for perfect exposure of the skin tones) the developer and printer will screw up the picture. Getting a lab to do it 'right' is an expensive hassle. Personally, i like B+W in a private darkroom; but i don't think most cameras are used this way! -brian