As a professional I used P mode exactly once (and it saved my tail :-)).
Other than that instance all exposures (including flash) were
completely manual. That's the way I was taught. Strangely, my photo
mentor (who had too much money for gear) used a Canon 580EX flash unit
which is TTL. Why he would spend almost $500 for a TTL flash and never
use it in any mode other than manual was always a mystery to me.
Chuck Norcutt
On 4/7/2011 8:26 PM, Moose wrote:
>
> On 4/5/2011 8:42 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
>> . . . Sometimes the lines get blurred. In this day and age, the
>> majority of professionals are using their cameras as "point-and-shoots" that
>> happen to take interchangeable lenses. Just because it's a DSLR that weighs
>> and is as large as a Mini Cooper doesn't mean that the camera is used in
>> anything but Program or Aperture-Priority Mode. Even the flash stuff is all
>> automatic! I'm not passing judgement, because I use my DSLRs in the same
>> manner. It's a "heat of the moment" thing where when that "P" mode seems the
>> best choice.
>
> On 4/7/2011 10:13 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
>> Of course, this isn't an extreme of one way or the other. Modern
>> wonderbricks can be used like old-style cameras, but that's not how
>> the interface is optimized. The interface encourages a certain style
>> of shooting, but doesn't force it. Old style cameras sometimes do
>> force a certain style of shooting, but many can also be put into some
>> form of "park your brains" mode. (That's what the "P" mode is
>> called--"Park Your Brains").
>>
>> AG (P-mode) Schnozz
>
> I agree with your first post more than the second. Of course, there are
> people who just leave it in "P", but is that
> "park your brains" or "Boy, I'm thankful that someone didn't make me learn
> all that complicated photography stuff just
> to take some decent pictures. They are SO much better with this new camera!"
> The majority of people just aren't
> interested and/or capable. Why shouldn't they be able to take decent snaps?
>
> You've already said it for the pros, the ones using their brains choose "P"
> when it's the best tool, something else when
> called for.
>
> On 4/5/2011 8:42 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
>> . . . But how a camera adapts to multiple styles and changing requirements
>> is where the monolithic DSLRs still shine. They make lousy
>> street-photography cameras, for example
>
> Here, I must disagree. Just as I thought Mike J. on TOP was making
> assumptions, I think there is a certain set of
> assumptions about street photography that are too narrow. HC-B and others
> adopted a new style of street photography both
> made possible and significantly limited by the new equipment of the day (i.e.
> Leica) at first.
>
> They were originals. They tried out new things, in the face of strident
> criticism, I might add. Since the limitations
> have relaxed, other sorts of street photography have become possible. There
> are, of course, as in so many fields, those
> who define things by what they see behind them. What they don't see is that,
> if HC-B and those who followed his lead had
> been like these contemporary folks, their style of photography wouldn't ever
> have come into existence.
>
> Don't get me wrong. It's fine with me if people continue to emulate HC-B. I
> just don't think they should be able to
> define "street photography" so narrowly.
>
> I've wandered the streets with a large DSLR and good sized zoom lens. I've
> made a lot of images that way that are
> clearly street photography under almost any sensible definition.
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/Brooklyn/People/All%20People/index.html>
> It's a fine tool for that - if one uses its strengths, rather than trying to
> use it like another sort of tool.
>
> I just showed my book of street photos from Brooklyn to an old friend who's
> been in the publishing business as writer
> and editor for many years. He said straight out, brushing aside my demurrers,
> that he thought it was commercially
> publishable, and I should try to do so. Not a photo book editor, but an
> editor of many books with lots of photos in them.
>
> Feisty Moose
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