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Q. Manual or Automatic CAM?
Asked by abrar malik
(K=25) on 4/29/2006
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Its very interesting i have been using an automatic Nikon MB D-200 camera, that i purchased online from www.microglobe.co.uk, result is excellent, but someone advised me to check manual one, and it would return you better result than automatic, i am confused, is it true????????????????????????? I shoot nature…
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Jeroen Wenting
(K=25317) - Comment Date 4/29/2006
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Since you can use your D200 in full manual mode, full automatic mode, or pretty much anything in between, he's wrong.
I do notice a certain amount of snobbishness in certain people who have old all manual cameras. In part that's a defense against change, in part denial of that change.
It is true that a split screen viewfinder makes manual focussing easier compared to the ones in almost all "modern" cameras, and that an all manual camera has some advantages like being able to work without batteries.
But that's where it ends. Your D200 is about the ideal piece of equipment you could get for most work.
Where he would be correct is if you were shooting very specific things for which another style of camera is more suited (like a specialist panorama camera for very wide vistas, or a large format camera for architecture, a plate camera for formal portraits).
P.S. MB-D200 refers to the batterypack only, not the entire camera. That's the D200 :)
Check some of the latest in my portfolio to see what the D200 can do for you.
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abrar malik
(K=25) - Comment Date 5/1/2006
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Jeroen,,, Thanks for your suggestions, i am very much obliged.
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Douglas Herr
(K=83) - Comment Date 6/2/2006
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Unfortunately those who use automatic cameras can also be defensive. There are some very distinct advantages of manual cameras, particularly viewfinder quality. I find that where manual focus produces better results, a camera that was designed for manual focus is much easier to use than an AF camera that allows manual focus.
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