P3D Re: Bruce is Born to Run (on)

[Peter Davis <pd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 06:41 PM 09/28/1999 -0600, you wrote:

> By way of loss to increased automation, I
> lament the loss of cameras
> with built-in match-needle exposure meters from the current
> marketplace
> -- they gave you the options of slavishly accepting the metered
> reading,
> ignoring the metered reading completely, or using the metered reading
> as
> a piece of information on which to base a creative exposure, and
> they
> did this with a simple display you could see in the viewfinder. 

This is why I'll never part with my FE2.

> On the other hand, I rejoice that such cameras
> can be found used, either
> by advertising on the internet, or by attending one of the many 
> used
> camera shows prospering monthly.  I rejoice that today we amateurs
> can
> buy a Digital8 video camera that provides creative tools we didn't
> even
> imagine a decade ago.  I rejoice in the availability of 35 mm
> cameras
> with such sophisticated features as a flash synch that, for long
> exposures at night resulting in trails for moving objects,
> optionally
> fires the flashgun just before the shutter closes rather than just
> as
> the shutter opens.

I rejoice in the fact that I can get fully automated cameras for a twin
rig.  Although I don't mind setting f/stop, shutter speed, focus,
etc., I'd HATE to have to do it twice!

-pd

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