P3D Re: Realist a P&S?

["Andrea Blair" <asblair@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>>>George Themelis wrote: Mike K. basically answered but I would like 
to add that I am using this term in an effort to take away the fear of 
using a manual camera.  If there are situations were the Realist
can be used with the three controls (focusing, shutter speed, 
aperture) fixed then it is certainly easy to use.<<<<

I understand and can appreciate your reasoning behind using the term, 
but I think it's a tad confusing since, according to the three 
explanations I have read so far, every camera can perceivably be a P&S. 
I can set the aperture, shutter and focus on my totally manual SLR, but 
I don't consider it to be a P&S by todays widely accepted definition. 
Have a look at Popular Photography's P&S Follies section and you won't 
see a pre-set manual camera or an expensive auto everything SLR set on 
automatic. They show compact, auto everthing, no manual override self 
contained units. These compact cameras are not reset when you go from 
indoor to outside or into the shade (except to choose to flash or not to 
flash). Our manual cameras (stereo or not) will have to be adjusted 
under these circumstances. Perhaps to say they can be *automated* by 
presetting the controls for one particular shooting condition (say a 
nice, bright sunny day) so you can just point and shoot more adequately 
describes the process. When a cloud covers the sun, you'll have to reset 
your "P&S" to compensate, right? The camera can then be reset when going 
indoors to be *automated* for that particular situation so you can just 
point and shoot. My point is that under different conditions, you must 
adjust the settings. This goes outside of my definition of a true P&S 
where you would do nothing when going from outdoors to indoors. I think 
we are discussing the layman's generalized term as opposed to a 
photographer's descriptive term.

Just small talk.

Andrea

p.s. I guess I better make sure Santa knows I want a compact, self 
contained, auto everything, no brainer camera with zoom and built-in 
flash. I was just asking for a P&S before. If I'm not careful, I may end 
up with a Canon EOS!  {:>)


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