[rollei_list] Re: OT: Going over to the Dark Side
- From: Don Williams <dwilli10@xxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 20:23:46 -0500
At 07:14 PM 7/10/2010, you wrote:
Well, I did pick up a Canon EOS Rebel Ti1 500 or
whatever it is, with a simple 18mm to 55mm
zoom. Thanks to those on this List and to those
on the IDCC, I managed to locate Fotodix and to
score an M42 adapter and the proper lens hood. So far, so good.
Several problems.
First, the camera is so damnably complicated
that it will take me 25 years to learn all of
its foibles. I dumped my last modern Canon -- a
film EOS 10s -- in part because I had to carry
the manual about when using it. This camera is
even more complex and I just do not see how
anyone could ever use it save in full automatic
mode. It is hugely complex and, like the film
10s, not the least bit intuitive. (I rather
enjoy taking a Contax II and a roll of XP2 and
just shooting pictures -- but learning film is
so very much easier than learning digital.) I
am 60 and not at all certain that I wish to
spend the rest of my life learning about Mode
32, Menu 9, and the like. Photography ought to
be simple: a) insert film b) insert the lens c) take pictures.
Second, I have no means of downloading the
pictures easily. While Canon claims their
software works on Windows XP, it gags on my
computer and will not work. And the card reader
also fails to respond. We did download the
first set of pictures to my wife's laptop and
she e-mailed me some pictures, but there must be
a more decent workaround short of taking the
card to WalMart and having them transfer them to
a CD-Rom. This camera takes an HD SD card or
somesuch, and that seems part of the problem.
I have about a half dozen adapters, some dating
from the HP 98/100/200 LX days. [PCMCIA] Never had an interface problem.
For digital I never use the camera vendor
software, just windows explorer and whatever
combination of adapters that work to make the interface.
Only one suggestion, when transferring images to
a computer, be sure to set the chip, whatever it
is, to write-protect and if you are using
windows, check the little "safe to remove" box on
the bottom right of the screen before you remove
it.. As it turns out, my console dates from the
time where an external adapter is required. Been
using the same one for 10 years, handles about
5-6 types of devices. My laptop, being born
during this century, takes about 6 devices in native mode.
Actually I generally use a USB cable and treat
the camera as another drive and use windows explorer to do the file copy.
Oy, Vey, my children! I mourn the days of
chemical film. I am not a happy camper.
Yes, digital cameras have many options, but far
less than your chemical, camera, and film
options. The difference is that with a digital
camera you have access to all options at one
instant, but with film you usually deal with
options serially. I do find that with digital
the best approach is to follow the book, test
each option, and just remember the ones of
interest to you- same as working with film.
For some perspective, imagine you walk up to a
store with every type of film and format, all
available cameras and lenses, all enlargers, all
chemicals ever compounded, etc. You have never
seen 95% of them. Now take a picture!
Marc
msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
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