P3D Re: the best stereo camera.

["Oleg Vorobyoff" <olegv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sergio Baldissara wrote
>Yes, some amateur photographers want to own "the best", but
>perhaps they forget the "user interface": I mean if one wants to "use", not
>only to "own" a camera, I think it's the camera that must comply with the
>potographer, not forcedly vice-versa.


Good point on the "owner" versus "user" distinction.  But looking at the
situation more generally, it is a fact of life that the photographer must adapt
to the medium, not vice versa.  For some formats the user interface is
inherently so clumsy that using any camera is a pain, and ergonomics become a
secondary consideration.  For example, despite the hassle setting the camera up,
my best 2D pictures are taken with my view camera.  And I am quite happy taking
3D with my SLR, since a stereo camera, however easy to use, is usually of no
advantage in taking hyperstereos, and cannot take super-wide or super-telephoto
shots at all.  I simply become blind to subjects that my rig cannot capture
(mainly things that move).  The medium sets the limits and what freedom the
photographer enjoys is within those limits.

Oleg Vorobyoff