Comments on: On Photoblogging http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2005/06/14/233/ intrepid girl reporter Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:54:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: dria http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2005/06/14/233/comment-page-1/#comment-60302 dria Thu, 16 Jun 2005 18:05:34 +0000 http://www.dria.org/wordpress/?p=233#comment-60302 This can be true, but in this particular case, there are things that DSLRs can do that my current camera can't. I miss, so much, the basic camera features of manual focus rings and a depth-of-field preview button. Until I bought a digital camera, I never had autofocus. Now I have a camera that theoretically has manual focus, but I can't seem to ever get the precision I want out of it. The result is that I end up using auto-focus 100% of the time, and, as a result, blowing about 30% of the photos I take because the stupid machine focused on the wrong thing.<br><br>I just really miss my old manual cameras, but I also have zero interest in using regular film. It's a frustrating little dichotomy right now. This can be true, but in this particular case, there are things that DSLRs can do that my current camera can’t. I miss, so much, the basic camera features of manual focus rings and a depth-of-field preview button. Until I bought a digital camera, I never had autofocus. Now I have a camera that theoretically has manual focus, but I can’t seem to ever get the precision I want out of it. The result is that I end up using auto-focus 100% of the time, and, as a result, blowing about 30% of the photos I take because the stupid machine focused on the wrong thing.

I just really miss my old manual cameras, but I also have zero interest in using regular film. It’s a frustrating little dichotomy right now.

]]> By: graydon http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2005/06/14/233/comment-page-1/#comment-60301 graydon Thu, 16 Jun 2005 17:30:32 +0000 http://www.dria.org/wordpress/?p=233#comment-60301 often in arts (rather than business), you are focusing on improving your craft (rather than your product), so bad tools make you a better artist. often in arts (rather than business), you are focusing on improving your craft (rather than your product), so bad tools make you a better artist.

]]> By: dria http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2005/06/14/233/comment-page-1/#comment-121 dria Thu, 16 Jun 2005 17:05:34 +0000 http://www.dria.org/wordpress/?p=233#comment-121 This can be true, but in this particular case, there are things that DSLRs can do that my current camera can't. I miss, so much, the basic camera features of manual focus rings and a depth-of-field preview button. Until I bought a digital camera, I never had autofocus. Now I have a camera that theoretically has manual focus, but I can't seem to ever get the precision I want out of it. The result is that I end up using auto-focus 100% of the time, and, as a result, blowing about 30% of the photos I take because the stupid machine focused on the wrong thing. I just really miss my old manual cameras, but I also have zero interest in using regular film. It's a frustrating little dichotomy right now. This can be true, but in this particular case, there are things that DSLRs can do that my current camera can’t. I miss, so much, the basic camera features of manual focus rings and a depth-of-field preview button. Until I bought a digital camera, I never had autofocus. Now I have a camera that theoretically has manual focus, but I can’t seem to ever get the precision I want out of it. The result is that I end up using auto-focus 100% of the time, and, as a result, blowing about 30% of the photos I take because the stupid machine focused on the wrong thing.

I just really miss my old manual cameras, but I also have zero interest in using regular film. It’s a frustrating little dichotomy right now.

]]> By: graydon http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2005/06/14/233/comment-page-1/#comment-119 graydon Thu, 16 Jun 2005 16:30:32 +0000 http://www.dria.org/wordpress/?p=233#comment-119 often in arts (rather than business), you are focusing on improving your craft (rather than your product), so bad tools make you a better artist. often in arts (rather than business), you are focusing on improving your craft (rather than your product), so bad tools make you a better artist.

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