Re: If you have already seen this - or are not a windows user- hit de...

Auralie,
Since I got my start with Windows (though I did get a chance to experience
DOS) I've always been comfortable with it.  Besides, I think I am a very
graphic oriented person.  I just don't like everything hidden from me
because the program writer thinks it'll scare me or something.

The semi-automatic, manual override 35 mm camera I mentioned was an Olympus
OM-10 which I got in 1978.  I remember practicing with it, bracketing my
shots and taking notes that I could compare with the prints when I got them
back.   Ha!  I had selected different focus points from the same spot, near
and far.  I had also selected different f-stops for several shots of running
water.  When I opened the envelope I only had a few pictures.  The place
that developed them had been running a promotion which went something like -
you never have to pay for bad pictures, even if they're your own fault.
They either didn't print them or threw them away.  Charged me a lot less,
but I needed those "blurry" pictures!

I liked the idea of semi auto focus because I could still point and shoot
when necessary (cats don't always sit still long, nor do bugs) but with all
the manual options I was still able to take the time to compose the
close-ups I wanted.

Kitty


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Aplfgcnys@aol.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 12:49 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] If you have already seen this - or are not a windows
user- hit de...


> Kitty, if I had my druthers I'd still be using DOS - I thought the first
> menu-driven programs
> were too stupid.  I do still use a DOS program for my work.
> As for cameras, I went to great lengths to find, and expense to buy, a
> totally manual
> camera.  I want to tell the camera what I want to focus on and how - not
have
> it tell me how
> to take the picture.  My DH has a fancy auto-focus, and I hate it.  Can't
> take the kind of
> pictures I like with it, either.
> I guess that indicates that I am old and set in my ways, but there are lot
s
> of changes
> that I would appreciate.  And I'm not a technophobe - I really like to
learn
> how to do
> new things.  It just seems that the menu- or wizard-driven programs, and
the
> auto-
> focus facilities treat us as if we are unable to do things for ourselves.
> Auralie
>
>
> In a message dated 07/01/2004 12:14:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> kmrsy@comcast.net writes:
> guess I'm just sort of old school.  But I like things simple and
> accessible.  Like my 35mm camera.  I got a semi-automatic which includes a
> manual override because I still want to control certain aspects of the
> photo.
>
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