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Set in manual mode, choose your aperture, shutter speed and ISO (ASA) to suit the occasion. You can even use a handheld exposure meter if you don’t think the onboard offering accurate and focus manually.
Like most things in life, a degree of laziness creeps in with convenience…auto gearboxes, tv remotes, battery watches, mobile phones etc etc.
How much you embrace it or kick against it is a personal matter.
I confess the immediacy of digital photography is something I embraced at the first opportunity in my commercial life. Saved a fortune on Polaroid previews for customers! Product images signed off before they left the studio or location. Incorporated into brochure designs in the studio within 24hours and emailed for approval. Artwork then uploaded direct to printers server….move on to the next job. It didn’t stop me setting the camera on M and taking control of the exposure as well as the composition. But very quickly I learnt how good the onboard systems could be AND where to mistrust them enough to overide them.
I don’t miss the dark room. As a former industrial chemist I was only too aware of the nature of the chemicals being used and inhaled.
Sitting in a comfy chair in a brightly lit studio, looking out on the garden while ‘processing’ my work in Photoshop was (is) an improvement to the quality of life. None of this stops me taking control of the camera or effecting the end result I desire. That’s the new pleasure I get from digital photography.
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Eric