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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JDFlood" data-source="post: 223267" data-attributes="member: 11653"><p>It dawned on me that I buy new, better cameras for two reasons; 1) to caputure better photographs and to 2) have to fool around with the camera less. I know lots of people here are drawn to photography because they like to fiddle with dials and calculate things and be rewarded for their fiddling by capturing a great photo. I realized that I actually work the other way around, I want to fiddle less. If I could put the D800 on P and leave it there and get the photos I wanted, I would do it. And, I do when I can. But l usually think about where I am going and what I am doing and may end up choosing an Auto ISO level (I shoot in low light levels a lot), I may be forced to shoot aperture priority to get a high enough depth of field, I may take it off multiple focus points because I want to focus on something in the back, etc. But one of the reasons I love my D800, is, an awful lot of the time I can put my 35mm f1.4 prime on it and put it on P and get the shot I want. I want the nuanced light of the forest, or sharp droplets of water off a waterfall, or glimers of light at night in a nightime street shoot. Honestly, I have no interest in doing anything but pressing the shutter release. I guess I am in it for the art... capturing the composition and light... the mood and emotion... I'll do everthing I have to to get it, but no more. Am I unusual? I hear so much talk about manual controls, are the controls for the fun of fiddling or do you want to do the minimum to get the perfect shot? JD</p></blockquote><p></p>

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