I’m sure you are right, but I’m beginning to think that I don’t need or want any of that stuff - the D750, 850, 780, and so on are computers with a lens on the front. So is my M10, but with a less powerful computer and maybe 5% of the fancy tools. My Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5 (was a typical pocket camera, but with a Leica lens) over 10 years ago, and it was often able to capture what I wanted, and more enjoyable to use than the (much more powerful) D780. The camera fit in my pocket, and I was pleased with the lens. All I want my camera to do, is capture an image of what I was looking at, and for me to do my best at composition, timing, and all the rest.
I shot about 20 images of the oxen pulling a plow-type-device in this muddy field. I had a favorite image long ago, but now I prefer this image. PhotLab easily brought out what was in my mind, and I didn’t use the tools that messed up my previous image.
I enjoy photographing the world around me. To me, this image is also “artistic”, but what’s important to me may be irrelevant to many people in this discussion (although you’ve all VERY MUCH improved my ability to take an image I captured, and bring out what I saw, and what I want to show others.
I still have that Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5. I prefer my M10, which is like my old film Leica that shoots digital.
that you still have not understood (how to use them to your advantage).
All I need is a quality camera with a good lens, which lets me control aperture, shutter, focus, and ISO.
I accept that many of you feel I’m wrong, but to me, all the fancy work can be done in the darkroom or computer, and I can do that better with PhotoLab than any of the 15 or so image editors I no longer use. For a while I thought it better to do most of it in the camera, but now I accept that I was wrong.
When I capture an image like this one, and do it to my satisfaction, I am happy.
When I post an image in my gallery, I rarely get feedback.
When I post an image here, I get lots of (usually constructive) feedback.
…and this image isn’t finished - I ought to remove the wires eventually. I would also prefer a light blue sky. Later.
