I agree completely, I own an APS camera (a Fuji), and
I almost never use it because it has all these
"features" that must be engaged for it to shoot
certain things. I looked at the "features list" for
the new top of the line Canon EOS 1v. The thing's two
freaking pages long! and of course I love the way they
cover up the word Plastic.
die-cast aluminium and polycarbonate body reinforced
with rigid magnesium alloy shell
polycarbonate- shame on you Canon :), tell it like it
is... Plastic. Wundrbrick Max.
Mark Lloyd
> [begin rant]
> I'm not interested in the auto-everything 5,673
> program-mode whizzing,
> buzzing, motorized, polycarbonate, heavy as H*ll
> with all the batteries
> installed, Wunderbricks. I cannot achieve my vision
> with them. (Ken
> Norton: relate your experiences with carpal tunnel
> hauling around a
> Wunderbrick rig with flash bracket all night at a
> wedding):
> (a) When I shoot a snowscape shoot in zero
> Fahrenheit weather I want the
> shutter to fire! The Wunderbricks quit working when
> the batteries get cold.
> (b) When I shoot a night cityscape I want the
> shutter to fire at the
> exposure I set! Some cheaper Wunderbricks make it
> hard as Hades to
> override the under-exposure safety.
> (c) When I take a risk running hand held at a slow
> shutter speed I want
> the shutter to fire! Some of the same Wunderbricks
> make it just as hard to
> override the camera shake "safety."
> (d) When I shoot a long timed exposure I want the
> shutter to stay open for
> minutes if necessary. Many Wunderbricks eat the
> batteries dry doing this,
> sometimes before the exposure is finished and lock
> up.
>
> The three secrets to achieving a vision for an
> image: control . . .
> control . . . control. Wunderbricks defy, thwart
> and foil doing this at
> every twist and turn.
> [end rant]
>
> -- John
>
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