On Cheaping Out versus Aiming High

I author of that article just bought some very expensive equipment and tried to justify it to his wife. That's how that text came to beeing.

I love GAS.
 
I'm sure he is 80% correct...

I'm sure he is 80% correct...

DougK said:
Thanks for the link, Barrett. I always enjoy reading his website. In this case, while I'm not sure he's 100% correct, I think he's got a pretty solid point. It bears thinking about, anyway.
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Pretty good article actually. i
 
Toby said:
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/150-vs-5000-dollar-camera.htm# Ken rockwell does the opposite a $150 camera vs. a $5000 camera. HE says if you can't take a decent picture to save yourself money won't help. I promised myself I won't mention digital M owners at this point....Oh Bo**ocks I couldn't do it:D
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You can borrow my Nomex suit (approved by Michael Schumacher). ;)


- Barrett
 
I remmember seeing a copy of circa 70's Camera Arts Magazine I think, with spread of portraits taken by Mary Ellen Mark with a polaroid instant camera, with out a doubt they were signature Mary Ellen Mark. Once at a lecture by Arnold Newman he said that his most famous portraits were taken with a Speed Graphic.
 
amateriat said:
You can borrow my Nomex suit (approved by Michael Schumacher). ;)


- Barrett
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Thank you but I've gained a unsightly amount of body hair in my mid thirties that really needs burning off :D
 
Toby said:
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/150-vs-5000-dollar-camera.htm# Ken rockwell does the opposite a $150 camera vs. a $5000 camera. HE says if you can't take a decent picture to save yourself money won't help. I promised myself I won't mention digital M owners at this point....Oh Bo**ocks I couldn't do it:D
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Oh...well, now I've got to change my mind because I find myself agreeing with KR.
 
A friend of mine bought a Canon 1DS when it was first released. He loves the camera but eventually got tired of carrying a battering ram every day. He still has the Canon, but it's no longer his daily camera. He went with something much smaller and much lighter.
 
ZeissFan said:
A guy I know bought a Canon 1DS. He loves the camera but eventually got tired of carrying a battering ram every day. He still has the Canon, but it's no longer his daily camera. He went with something much smaller and much lighter.
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What like his wallet?
 
"[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]If you downgrade a little from a chimpanzee to a lemur, you lose only some of the higher brain functions..."
...and the ability to mow the lawn like your kids can.
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It's great to have Dante back, especially after the over the top, and given what we know now, ethically problematic gushing about the M8 on The Luminous Landscape and elsewhere. At the very least, he's always good for a thoughtful counterpoint (even if his chimp and Ferrari analogies don't bear scrutiny) about photographic equipment and technology. He puts a lot of time into what he does and also tends to write well, on par with Sean Reid, who charges - so hopefully we can look forward to a lot more from him.
I'm afraid the point he's making about long technology cycles may no longer hold up in the digital era, though. I'm looking to buy a M8 once the dust settles, but can anyone imagine that in five, or even three years, digital technology won't have made big strides?
 
bunkawen14 said:
It's great to have Dante back, especially after the over the top, and given what we know now, ethically problematic gushing about the M8 on The Luminous Landscape and elsewhere. At the very least, he's always good for a thoughtful counterpoint (even if his chimp and Ferrari analogies don't bear scrutiny) about photographic equipment and technology. He puts a lot of time into what he does and also tends to write well, on par with Sean Reid, who charges - so hopefully we can look forward to a lot more from him.
I'm afraid the point he's making about long technology cycles may no longer hold up in the digital era, though. I'm looking to buy a M8 once the dust settles, but can anyone imagine that in five, or even three years, digital technology won't have made big strides?
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That depends...the big fight in the digital realm now seems to be the remaining players' milking the pro/"pro-sumer" dSLR market for what they can until...well, there had better be Something Else. Besides assorted tech stuff that I feel remain to be sorted out, I think the heavy-duty stuff currently touted as "pro" needs to get a lot less heavy. And get smaller – to me there's little excuse for oversized Brontosauri like 1Ds and D1s roaming the pro circuit. I had high hopes for Olympus to lead the charge in this direction, but all I see in their direction is another digital-shakeout casualty in the making. There'll be some sort of digital "strides" made over the next few years, but I'm a tad pessimistic as to the true photographic technical advances to be found within.


- Barrett
 
mwooten said:
"[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]If you downgrade a little from a chimpanzee to a lemur, you lose only some of the higher brain functions..."
...and the ability to mow the lawn like your kids can.
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My kids never mow the lawn.. Now, does that say something about their, or about my higher brain functions?
 
For the price of a D2x, one can buy a s/h `Blad with an 80mm Planar & blow the clothes off the digital emperor!! Oh and still have change for some lenses.
 
...and why should I invest in a technology that will be rapidly obsolete,weigh ton and attract attention. I would rather get another M body and maybe a Hassleblad. At least someone else takes the depreciation hit.

Bill
 
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