I am a grumpy old man. Most of the time I shoot subjects that aren't moving.
I still own more manual focus lenses than I do autofocus lenses and I still prefer to hold the camera to my cheek and forehead for stability than to hold it in my palm looking down at the LCD (whether tilted or fixed horizontal) with my elbows braced on my hip bones. To make best use of
my exisiting equipment I would like a larger, brighter viewfinder. My manual focus lenses were quite fast enough for film cameras and they're quite fast enough for digital cameras.
But my eyes are also old and grumpy, so I'm a realist. For most of my photography it is just easier and more enjoyable to take advantage of these modern technologies. Sometimes it is even
just possible with technology. Autofocus is a
dream for most of the grumpy old men I know who take photographs for pleasure or some commercial or volunteer documentary assignment.
When we want to get together and act like grumpy old snobby snobs and chaw and spit and scratch and make foul bodily noises while we photograph for fun we bring out our film cameras for the pure cussedness of it. In that group I am in fact a chump since I never shoot anything larger than 35mm.
PLUS. Sekonics Rule. Needles Drool. We leave the batteries out of our cameras too, just to make it harder.
And we like it that way.
Last edited by monochrome; 12-03-2013 at 10:06 AM.