Donald,
I did shut off the sounds, particularly happy not to have the "you have
arrived" sound whenever it fired up.  I have been using the shudder mode
and drop it to 1/60 or 90 to increase depth of focus on most work
related to increase depth of focus, but frankly don't see much
difference as the best focused items are not that great.  Have you tried
projecting any super fine, large format images on a screen to see how
they look?  Any tips?
Best,
Leland

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From: "Let us not speak foul in folly!" - ][<en Phollit
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Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 10:37 PM
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Message text written by "\"Let us not speak foul in folly!\" - ][<en
Phollit"
>The thing I love about the digital is the forgiveness of the low
light slow shudder speed.  Many of the shots that I once would not
attempt, as the wonderful ability of film to capture the contrast in
turn did not allow informal quick capture, I now take regularly.  But I
miss crisp full depth of field sharpness.  I also miss kodachrome 25,
the best film I think I ever used.  A film you could almost paint with
at low speeds. Oh, I also like how my new digital camera has a default
sound of an SLR when you take the shot!

Best,
Leland<

Yes, Sony and some others have figured out that people like that loud
sound (actually the moving mirror and the motor drive makes the noise in
an SLR, the shutter is not very loud). It does take getting used to the
near-silence of a digital. But a good rangefinder is about as quiet.
Personally I would rather have a quiet camera. Mine flashes a couple of
LCDs when it takes a picture and I can see the frame count change.
That's enough to tell me it worked.

I have always followed (and frquently advised) a rule of using the
slowest film that you can for the conditions. I always preferred slower
films if there were enough light to use them. Digital does not yet have
the tonal range of film, but I have not yet found that to be a
difficulty. In low light, the better sensitivity makes up for it. As for
the sharpness, some of that may be camera movement rather than depth of
field. The same optical rules apply to digicams as for any camera. If
you want sharpness, use a tripod and a low shutter speed to allow the
lens to stop down and reduce camera movement. A digicam can be hand held
at lower speeds than an SLR (because there are fewer moving parts to
cause camera movement) but it still moves.
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