Re: Best Option for Budget DSLR Upgrade

"Paul Furman" <paul-@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Dudley Hanks wrote:
>> jimkramer wrote
>>> Now you could become totally deranged and use your digital camera to 
>>> do***ent your film shooting. :-)
>>
>> Hey, I like that one.  The next time I take out the old EOS film camera

>> I'll use the A720 to take a picture of all my settings on the film
shots. 
>> Sort of like film EXIF...
>
> You could. Seriously. Consider the digital as the test polaroid, then 
> bring in the film camera for the final shot once the exposure & lighting

> is decided. Or bring a film body along to duplicate shots for slides :-)

I've actually been thinking about that.  I even dragged out my old Canon
A2 
the other day and tried looking through the viewfinder.  It's a bit
brighter 
than the Rebel's, but the lighting would have to be just right for me to 
make anything out.  I've even toyed with the idea of going down to our
local 
Blues club and asking if anyone would mind if I took a few pics, but I'm
not 
sure I'm ready for that yet.

I've sort of set up some arbitrary checkpoints.  I will work towards
staging 
and taking a picture which is up to my previous standards, with only
minimal 
assistance in the staging and reading camera menus / settings.  Once I can

do that again, I'll try something a bit more "challenging."

I'm hoping I'll be able to call upon a few of you guys (and gals) to tell
me 
what you really think of my work.

>
>> Just kidding...

No, really.  I'd do want to know what people think... :)

>>
>> I guess it all depends on how one does things.
>
>
>> With film, I use a lot of time thinking about what is going to happen 
>> when I click the shutter, and the bulk of my mental effort goes into 
>> applying past experience to the shot at hand.  With digital, the mental

>> process is different.  It is more evaluating the shots one has taken,
and 
>> using the feedback to juggle things around in order to improve upon it.

>> The memory gets used less, but one's analytical abilities gets used
more.
>
> This sounds right.