vuk
\o/ choose anarchy
Then you are not using it correctly. It is but another technique that can be learnt...
nice selective quoting to make a nasty point. i also said i don't like it in anyone else's pictures. the technique is straightforward and i can use a flash if i want, i just don't care for it.
it seems i'm not the only one here with such a view.
cliff.
those first two links you posted are to pretty awful pictures. the third link i have to say has a few excellent shots, for the genre, of course.
vuk.
p.s. in case it has to be said, i never use zoom lenses either. same goes for autofocus or in-camera metering.