Originally posted by pepperberry farm clear your mind to focus and everything else falls away... suddenly, I'm in the moment just to shoot...
I think that by the time you are ready to tamper with old glass you have flicked your camera over to raw and half the buttons have become obsolete.
And to get the best out of the glass you go to M mode and you discover that one exposure value will probably do you for the entire shoot.
Nowadays I glance at the conditions and guess my exposure settings and check via digital review -- good to go.
Some of the automated stuff in cameras is so overrated and gets between you and the image.