Snapshooting G3

[Trumper]

I was wondering if anyone else feels this way,how to switch out of that mode of shooting.
I have used SLR' S most my life,started on Zeniths etc,no TTL then so you had to use hand held metering.I gradually progressed as technology & financies allowed to a D30 18 months ago.I was going to upgrade to a D10 but but re sale prices for D30 were so low i decided to keep it & buy G3 [takes same c/f cards , batteries] so i had a good quality compact camera i can carry when the D30 + lenses etc are too cumbersome.
The problem i'm having is i FEEL like i'm snap shooting with the G3 & NOT taking the pictures,seems to be point & shoot.
The photos are fine apart from the green seems vivid even with the Neutral Density filter & the vividity setting altered.
I just cant get over that snap shot tourist type feeling,point ,click ,shoot,any ideas,any one else getting the same feeling?
I've owned the G3 for 4 weeks or so & take it with me whenever i go out,all comments welcome,thanks for reading

[PacAce]

Trumper wrote:
I was wondering if anyone else feels this way,how to switch out of that mode of shooting.
I have used SLR' S most my life,started on Zeniths etc,no TTL then so you had to use hand held metering.I gradually progressed as technology & financies allowed to a D30 18 months ago.I was going to upgrade to a D10 but but re sale prices for D30 were so low i decided to keep it & buy G3 [takes same c/f cards , batteries] so i had a good quality compact camera i can carry when the D30 + lenses etc are too cumbersome.
The problem i'm having is i FEEL like i'm snap shooting with the G3 & NOT taking the pictures,seems to be point & shoot.
The photos are fine apart from the green seems vivid even with the Neutral Density filter & the vividity setting altered.
I just cant get over that snap shot tourist type feeling,point ,click ,shoot,any ideas,any one else getting the same feeling?
I've owned the G3 for 4 weeks or so & take it with me whenever i go out,all comments welcome,thanks for reading

Trumper, I know exactly what you are talking about. I also came from a film based SLR background so when I bought the G3 I was missing that "feel" you're talking about. However, my problem was compounded by the fact that I'm at an age where I need reading glasses to see anything within an arm's length in front of me. And, since I don't usually carry my reading glasses around with me when I'm taking pictures, I really couldn't tell if my pictures were in focus or if the subjects were looking my way. Heck, in dim light, I couldn't even tell if the settings on the G3 were set right! A week after I got the G3, I bought a 10D at a local camera store.

Like you I also carry the G3 when it's much more convenient to do so or when I just want to snap pictures at a party.

I don't know about you but I think for me, that "feel" I was missing was not being able to bring the G3 right up to my eye, look through the viewfinder to check composition, focus and other settings, and then releasing the shutter. Obviously you can do the same thing using the LCD monitor minus the "bringing the G3 up to the eye" part. So I think it's just a matter of not being used to doing it that way. I'm sure if I gave myself time to get used to shooting the G3 way, it'll feel just as natural as shooting with a 10D.