have no idea why the poor ts got his thread hijacked to become a auto mode good/bad discussion here.. yet another piece of evidence as to the ways in which clubsnap can improve.
actually i'm quite bemused at the discussion going on in there. there are people who insist that auto mode has a big part to play even in a dslr. there are also people who insist that the auto mode is not supposed to be there.
i have met many people with dslrs. given the constant reporting and update as to the number of dslrs sold , due to many factors , like falling prices, smaller sizes, much more intuitive usage and widespread word-of-mouth.. i think dslrs are proliferating the market more than ever. not everyone has read up on the basics of photography before diving in.. and as we can see here sometimes, even if they dive in they do not bother to read up either.
one point i'd like to make - there is NOTHING wrong with using auto mode.
with the only qualifier being that you are new, or in photographic hell, i.e. changing lighting conditions with every passing second, no time to think, getting the shot being more important that getting what you want out of the picture.
i see some people in there advocating and soft touching ts that auto mode is absolutely number 1 ok mode to use, and i thought i'd correct this thinking. why? i have seen people who have used dslr for 3 years already (yar) and still using auto mode. i ask them, what is iso, they give me blank face, and proceed to complain about how sometimes at night their picture very noisy.
sure, one can drive a ferrari at 20km/h, but that doesn't mean it is fundamentally correct. it's like saying that i have 2 hands, 2 legs, 1 mouth, 1 brain, etc etc but i am entirely justified in sitting here and doing nothing and rotting. not knowing how to use something is very different from knowing how to use something and choosing not to do it, and i'm sure everyone and anyone can gain something from gaining a little more knowledge about how digital photography works, no matter where they come from.
thoughts? please be cordial, i will close the thread at any sign of flaming.
actually i'm quite bemused at the discussion going on in there. there are people who insist that auto mode has a big part to play even in a dslr. there are also people who insist that the auto mode is not supposed to be there.
i have met many people with dslrs. given the constant reporting and update as to the number of dslrs sold , due to many factors , like falling prices, smaller sizes, much more intuitive usage and widespread word-of-mouth.. i think dslrs are proliferating the market more than ever. not everyone has read up on the basics of photography before diving in.. and as we can see here sometimes, even if they dive in they do not bother to read up either.
one point i'd like to make - there is NOTHING wrong with using auto mode.
with the only qualifier being that you are new, or in photographic hell, i.e. changing lighting conditions with every passing second, no time to think, getting the shot being more important that getting what you want out of the picture.
i see some people in there advocating and soft touching ts that auto mode is absolutely number 1 ok mode to use, and i thought i'd correct this thinking. why? i have seen people who have used dslr for 3 years already (yar) and still using auto mode. i ask them, what is iso, they give me blank face, and proceed to complain about how sometimes at night their picture very noisy.
sure, one can drive a ferrari at 20km/h, but that doesn't mean it is fundamentally correct. it's like saying that i have 2 hands, 2 legs, 1 mouth, 1 brain, etc etc but i am entirely justified in sitting here and doing nothing and rotting. not knowing how to use something is very different from knowing how to use something and choosing not to do it, and i'm sure everyone and anyone can gain something from gaining a little more knowledge about how digital photography works, no matter where they come from.
thoughts? please be cordial, i will close the thread at any sign of flaming.