Re: Why can't some people compose a picture through the viewfinder?

On 2008-05-11 07:20:15 -0700, Gary Edstrom <GEdstrom@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:

> Why do some people seem to have such a problem composing a picture
> through the viewfinder?

Gl***** sometimes make it hard to see the whole viewfinder. A lot of 
people don't understand the meaning of those edge of picture markers 
you see in rangefinders and point and shoots; they think that if it is 
in the viewfinder it will be in the picture. People don't see the 
distortion caused by the lens; their brains automatically correct for 
it and they don't see it until the picture is printed.

People have a problem with paying attention to everything that does 
appear in a viewfinder. They see the subject, but not the tree growing 
out of his ear. They see the view, but not the power lines in front of 
it. They see the landmark, but not the pile of unsightly trash around 
the dustbin in front of it.

-- 
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor