P3D Re: A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste

["Dr. George A. Themelis" <DrT-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bruce, interesting thoughts.  Yes, a Mind is a Terrible Thing
to Waste but there are photographic situations where if we let
the mind work we will miss the picture.  That's the no. 1 benefit
of camera automation.  No one should dispute this!

>The only way to accomplish
>this is to program or automate the processes until they are more or less
>independent of human judgement - let the well-designed machine do the
>thinking so the human behind the camera  or in the lab can be dumb.

If you think about it, most of our actions are reflexes, automated,
without much thought... like when we drive (I know you don't but
anyway) we can think stereo photography and still manage to put the
right pressure to the gas & break pedals, turn the wheel the right
amount, etc., without thinking.  

The more I think about it... automation is not that bad...

George