Honestly, I have several young women friends who have all manual cameras. One was super frustrated at first, even though she has a really nice old Minolta, but she carries a work record with her all the time now and has had to sneak up on the all-manual stuff. She got there, but only after backing away from the all manual and learning some.
No different than manual, though -- the meter gives wrong info. That (to me) is one of the interesting challenges of shooting with older gear -- you have to listen to the meter but also know when it's wrong!I’m really getting pissed at aperture priority these days. As I explore a small scene with my eyes to the finder, I know the correct shutter speed is not anywhere from 1/1000 to 1/125 just because the scene has more or less sky or water.
I have to wonder if digital has led us to take the wrong approach. I remember the first time I used an SLR
But I don't care. I'm making a recommendation for today's young people based on today's experiences with different of today's young people. And that recommendation is an inexpensive SLR that fits exactly what young friends like.
I have to wonder if digital has led us to take the wrong approach. I remember the first time I used an SLR -- I think it was a Canon, definitely all-manual, and a friend of my dad's loaned it to me to take some train pictures. I'm guessing she set the shutter speed to 1/60. She told me to focus and to turn the aperture ring until "the needle lines up with the lollypop". Worked! Aside from one badly underexposed photo, I got a deck of usable shots. Wasn't a leap to match-needle metering on my KX a few years later.
Aaron
Marketed | April 1984 |
Guys, I am very grateful for all your help and good advice. I have attached here a photograph of my daughter, with her first SLR, an Olympus OM10. The photograph was taken with my Nikon FM3A, Nikkor Micro 55/2.8, film is Fomapan 100. I had a blue filter on that day.
All the best to all !
Guys, I am very grateful for all your help and good advice. I have attached here a photograph of my daughter, with her first SLR, an Olympus OM10. The photograph was taken with my Nikon FM3A, Nikkor Micro 55/2.8, film is Fomapan 100. I had a blue filter on that day.
All the best to all !
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