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<blockquote data-quote="grandpaw" data-source="post: 176243" data-attributes="member: 8635">I would say that I think a lot of problems are due to operator error whether it is because they lack the knowledge or experience to pull off the shot they are trying to get or just don't have their mind totally on the operation at hand. I bought my first good camera &quot;Nikon F with a FTN meter&quot; back in 1971 and have taken thousands of pictures and I still find myself making mistakes. It seemed a lot easier with film because there were much less settings that could be changed. With digital you can easily take hours going through the menus to set up your camera and then there are also settings that can be changed for every outing or even each shot individually. The shooter at least in my opinion has a high percentage of responsibility on how the image comes out but sometimes even when I have thought of everything and have all my camera settings set like I think they should be the camera just gets it wrong. If I had to make a guess I would go with 95% of the&nbsp; results are due to the shooter error and that leaves about 5% for camera screw ups. After all the camera is just a tool like you say and nothings perfect.I would say that most of my mistakes are due to not checking and verifying all my camera settings before shooting.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="grandpaw, post: 176243, member: 8635"] I would say that I think a lot of problems are due to operator error whether it is because they lack the knowledge or experience to pull off the shot they are trying to get or just don't have their mind totally on the operation at hand. I bought my first good camera "Nikon F with a FTN meter" back in 1971 and have taken thousands of pictures and I still find myself making mistakes. It seemed a lot easier with film because there were much less settings that could be changed. With digital you can easily take hours going through the menus to set up your camera and then there are also settings that can be changed for every outing or even each shot individually. The shooter at least in my opinion has a high percentage of responsibility on how the image comes out but sometimes even when I have thought of everything and have all my camera settings set like I think they should be the camera just gets it wrong. If I had to make a guess I would go with 95% of the results are due to the shooter error and that leaves about 5% for camera screw ups. After all the camera is just a tool like you say and nothings perfect. I would say that most of my mistakes are due to not checking and verifying all my camera settings before shooting. [/QUOTE]

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