Does everyone use a digital SLR...
Discussion
Used 35mm SLR for years, a Pentax SPII, setting up apature, speed, checking depth of field etc, now with the digital Canon SLR 400D I usually use auto point and shoot, does for most shots.
For the odd one I may use it on a high ASA setting to get shots without using the flash, does me, and the prints up to 10 x 8 are very good.
I would think a lot of folk these days have no idea of apature and depth of field anyway, what do you think?
For the odd one I may use it on a high ASA setting to get shots without using the flash, does me, and the prints up to 10 x 8 are very good.
I would think a lot of folk these days have no idea of apature and depth of field anyway, what do you think?
urban_alchemist said:
Is it a case of "point and shoot", or do people plan shutter-speed and f-stop when taking a shot? Just wandering after taking a look at the photos on the threads...
If you just want to POS then there's not much point in having a DSLR IMHO, you may as well have a POS camera - cheaper and possibly better results straight from the box. But some people do buy DSLRs simply because they have cash to burn, or because they look cool, and have no idea what goes on underneath, Such a waste.VxDuncan said:
Digital SLR - Aperture Priority 98% of the time, the rest shutter priority or program mode when the flash ain't doing what I want (don't use flash much and for some reason the camera always does a better job of setting it than I do!)
pretty much same as me, Very new to photography but controlling the aperture at least lets me control DOF etc, As i prefer portrait stuff. Im crap with flash but reading everything i can
t at it though, but learning 
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lol
I just noticed that most of the photographs, though nice and well-judged compositionally, have that flatness of color and depth that digiSLRs tend to give with their computer-controlled everything... even if you want to control a shot manually, having the aperture and shutter-speed (and a million different meter settings) hidden in wheels, menus etc means it's much more difficult that in used to be....
I'm a recent film returnee - mostly because of that above - and now don't own a DSLR for the first time in about six years.
I've gone properly old-school for the most part. Going back to film was like a revelation: having 36 exposures for film means you're less likely to shoot without thinking, and getting to understand the ins-and-outs of each films 'look' is a joy that no Lightroom/Aperture toggle-switching can replacate...
Generally, i like rangefinders (no mirror, smaller size, binary focusing etc) and so now my every-day cameras are are a Leica MP and MP-3, with a digirangefinder (M8) as a backup. I also use the divine Ricoh GR-D as a 'throw it in your pocket' always with me (the controls and lense are truly astounding, and I honestly think its one of the best cameras ever produced)...
Anyway, I was just interested to see what you guys shot with, as the more I get away from DSLRs, the more I think they are robbing a new generation of photographers of their true potential...
I'm a recent film returnee - mostly because of that above - and now don't own a DSLR for the first time in about six years.
I've gone properly old-school for the most part. Going back to film was like a revelation: having 36 exposures for film means you're less likely to shoot without thinking, and getting to understand the ins-and-outs of each films 'look' is a joy that no Lightroom/Aperture toggle-switching can replacate...
Generally, i like rangefinders (no mirror, smaller size, binary focusing etc) and so now my every-day cameras are are a Leica MP and MP-3, with a digirangefinder (M8) as a backup. I also use the divine Ricoh GR-D as a 'throw it in your pocket' always with me (the controls and lense are truly astounding, and I honestly think its one of the best cameras ever produced)...
Anyway, I was just interested to see what you guys shot with, as the more I get away from DSLRs, the more I think they are robbing a new generation of photographers of their true potential...
urban_alchemist said:
even if you want to control a shot manually, having the aperture and shutter-speed (and a million different meter settings) hidden in wheels, menus etc means it's much more difficult that in used to be....
With the right camera all the important controls are at your fingertips, not in menus. a thumb and finger wheel control aperture and shutter speed, and a button next to them controls exposure. I can't remember the last time I had to go into the menus on my camera to change anything.urban_alchemist said:
I just noticed that most of the photographs, though nice and well-judged compositionally, have that flatness of color and depth that digiSLRs tend to give with their computer-controlled everything... even if you want to control a shot manually, having the aperture and shutter-speed (and a million different meter settings) hidden in wheels, menus etc means it's much more difficult that in used to be....
I'm a recent film returnee - mostly because of that above - and now don't own a DSLR for the first time in about six years.
I've gone properly old-school for the most part. Going back to film was like a revelation: having 36 exposures for film means you're less likely to shoot without thinking, and getting to understand the ins-and-outs of each films 'look' is a joy that no Lightroom/Aperture toggle-switching can replacate...
Generally, i like rangefinders (no mirror, smaller size, binary focusing etc) and so now my every-day cameras are are a Leica MP and MP-3, with a digirangefinder (M8) as a backup. I also use the divine Ricoh GR-D as a 'throw it in your pocket' always with me (the controls and lense are truly astounding, and I honestly think its one of the best cameras ever produced)...
Anyway, I was just interested to see what you guys shot with, as the more I get away from DSLRs, the more I think they are robbing a new generation of photographers of their true potential...
I sell photographs taken with film and with a DSLR. Nobody (that buy) can tell which was taken with which. I worked with film (MF, 35 Panoramic and 35mm) for 30 years and I'd never ever go back. Each to his own I guess.I'm a recent film returnee - mostly because of that above - and now don't own a DSLR for the first time in about six years.
I've gone properly old-school for the most part. Going back to film was like a revelation: having 36 exposures for film means you're less likely to shoot without thinking, and getting to understand the ins-and-outs of each films 'look' is a joy that no Lightroom/Aperture toggle-switching can replacate...
Generally, i like rangefinders (no mirror, smaller size, binary focusing etc) and so now my every-day cameras are are a Leica MP and MP-3, with a digirangefinder (M8) as a backup. I also use the divine Ricoh GR-D as a 'throw it in your pocket' always with me (the controls and lense are truly astounding, and I honestly think its one of the best cameras ever produced)...
Anyway, I was just interested to see what you guys shot with, as the more I get away from DSLRs, the more I think they are robbing a new generation of photographers of their true potential...
BTW - I completely agree with you about the brakes on an E46 M3 - total pants.
Edited by GetCarter on Wednesday 30th April 09:17
urban_alchemist said:
the more I get away from DSLRs, the more I think they are robbing a new generation of photographers of their true potential...
In basic terms, a digital SLR is no diffeent from a film SLR, only the way it records the image is different. 'Going digital' catapulted me through a glass ceiling I didn't even know existed.Gassing Station | Photography & Video | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff