Last weekend I was descending from Mission Peak – in the eastern hills of the San Francisco Bay Area – when I passed a hiker who noticed my photography gear. I think the tripod on the back of the pack tends to give me away… ;-)
He asked, “Did you get any good pictures.” I answered, “I hope so.” To which he replied, “I assume you don’t use digital.”
Now I sort of wish I had pursued that thread. I wonder what he meant? Did he assume that “real photographers” (if that’s what I looked like to him) wouldn’t fall for that new fangled digital stuff? Was he a photographer himself?
He didn’t say much when I replied, “Yes, I do. I switched to digital and I can’t imagine going back.”
I only use the LCD to check the histogram and avoid or fix exposure problems. Good point about his assumption – I hadn’t thought of it that way.
I am guessing that he assumed you used film because you didn’t know that you had good shots. The assumption being that you can see what you have shot on the LCD.
Personally, I find that the LCD so poor at displaying images that I rarely look at it. So like you, I can only hope that I have good images.