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Anyway, two photographers with a similar idea
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A look back at James Nachtwey's career at Time. As great a photographer as there ever was.
http://lightbox.time.com/2014/09/18/james-nachtwey-30-years-in-time/#1
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I suspect half the riders in the Tour de France peloton could have done what he did. I'm pretty sure neither he nor Trek would have attempted it had they not been certain it was doable. It's a very clever marketing move by them both. I imagine David Millar is kicking himself that he didn't think to do it. Of course he would have needed a mirrored track to enjoy it to the full.
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Well, At Photoben, I've just got back from Spotter's, picking up a D80 that has now changed hands three times for the grand total of £5, and as he towered over me holding a kitchen spatula (or Spottula as I have only now thought to call it) we agreed about something or other, I forget what, but I know you didn't come out of it well.
I use Aperture Priority and the easy-exposure-compensation on my D7000. So one dial controls aperture and the other, effectively, shutter speed. Basically it is the same as using manual but I find it a little quicker. I only use true manual if I need more then 5 stops of exposure compensation. So ultimately we are both correct.
You can't deny though that some people hold on to skills that are no longer of much use because they are resentful that people who are not 'real photographers' can now take very good snaps. -
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hugo, you've got some really nice shots there. I wouldn't worry too much about manual controls; auto and bracketing with exposure compensation will do the job nicely. It's digital, you don't have to get it right in one shot. Or even in the camera. A few embittered individuals just can't come to terms with the fact that digital has rendered much of their hard-learned knowledge redundant and so make a fetish of craft. You have a good eye and that's what matters.
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