Dan wrote:
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How does an expensive digital camera take all the fun out of taking
pictures? You can still fiddle with exposure and focus and f-stops and
all the other things that serious photographers want/need.

Dan



Many of the low to mid priced digital cameras are PHD (Push Here Dummy) cameras with little if any manual control options.

Digital SLR's and better compact ones usually seem to include manual over ride options.