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...would you design a camera that could do it all or would you design a camera for every application...i.e. street, landscapes, portraits etc?
burancap
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Probably the do-it-all.
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i started thinking about this as i was thinking about the perfect street camera...what might be different if the camera was designed especially for street shooting...prime, zoom, interchangeable lenses, body size etc...
BlackXList
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I'd choose different tools for different jobs, otherwise you'll end up compromising most.
Roger Hicks
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To sell (versatile) or to use (does the job properly)?
Cheers,
R.
Cheers,
R.
Timmyjoe
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Different cameras for different uses.
That's how I justify having three different camera systems. One for work, one for doc projects, and one for just funning' around.
Could be rationalizing.
Best,
-Tim
That's how I justify having three different camera systems. One for work, one for doc projects, and one for just funning' around.
Could be rationalizing.
Best,
-Tim
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for personal use...
daveleo
what?
I am a best-tool-for-the-job kind of guy.
You need to drive nails? - buy a hammer, etc etc etc You need to shoot "street" buy a _____, etc etc etc
The concept of a camera / lens setup that is "all things to all people" comes from the manufacturing / marketing side of the fence. Not that it is a bad concept, it just does not work for me.
(Well, I do own a zoom lens, so that's kind of a compromise.)
You need to drive nails? - buy a hammer, etc etc etc You need to shoot "street" buy a _____, etc etc etc
The concept of a camera / lens setup that is "all things to all people" comes from the manufacturing / marketing side of the fence. Not that it is a bad concept, it just does not work for me.
(Well, I do own a zoom lens, so that's kind of a compromise.)
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that big ass sony...the one with the 24-200/2.8 lens would work nicely for many situations...
Roger Hicks
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Leica except where I need an SLR or camera movements or an 8x10 portrait... So I guess, the camera for the job, not the universal camera.
Cheers,
R.
Darshan
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horses for courses..
rbiemer
Unabashed Amateur
Neither: I would decree a manufacturing system to produce exactly what you--the photographer--wanted. Sort of an ultimate A la Carte/print (CNC) on demand.
Rob
Rob
burancap
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There you are, or the similar 28-100/1.8-4.9 or later 24-70//1.8-2.8. The answer to this is the same as the answer to your other "pocket" post. The RX100!
Rick Waldroup
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A great, simple, digital camera with film camera controls.
No video, no bells, no whistles, no nothing,
And I want it simple- no diving through menus to find ****. Simple. Direct. No scene modes, no party effects, etc. Simple but useful. Give me a great camera.
Give me manual controls in a bad ass digital body.
And I shoot digital and have now for many years. Give me a digital camera that shoots just like an old fashioned film camera.
No video, no bells, no whistles, no nothing,
And I want it simple- no diving through menus to find ****. Simple. Direct. No scene modes, no party effects, etc. Simple but useful. Give me a great camera.
Give me manual controls in a bad ass digital body.
And I shoot digital and have now for many years. Give me a digital camera that shoots just like an old fashioned film camera.
michaelwj
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Are you telling me I'm not the king? Damn it, and here I was thinking i was the king of everything...
Tool for the job.
Michael
Tool for the job.
Michael
lynnb
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Porsche built the Cayenne and it makes up half of global Porsche sales - but I'd get a Boxster just for the fun it...
Rob's suggestion might be possible, a limitless variety of custom designs based on the photographer's metrics (hand size, left or right-eyed) and preferences (location of shutter button etc) and 3-D printing at the factory, to order.
Artists don't just use a one-size-fits-all general purpose paint brush.
So I'd always prefer specific tools optimised for specific tasks, with some standard modularity (mount type) where practicable.
And why would one want to create a cure for GAS?
Rob's suggestion might be possible, a limitless variety of custom designs based on the photographer's metrics (hand size, left or right-eyed) and preferences (location of shutter button etc) and 3-D printing at the factory, to order.
Artists don't just use a one-size-fits-all general purpose paint brush.
So I'd always prefer specific tools optimised for specific tasks, with some standard modularity (mount type) where practicable.
And why would one want to create a cure for GAS?
ninjin
Established
I have to agree with Rick. Give me a digital camera, the looks and build
quality of an M-series or at least a Bessa, buttons and dials for everything
I care about, ISO, shutter speed, etc. Then a rangefinder patch, M-mount,
full-frame and a crank for that creative pause! The great irony of it all,
it pretty much ends up being what we could have expected from an Epson RD-2...
quality of an M-series or at least a Bessa, buttons and dials for everything
I care about, ISO, shutter speed, etc. Then a rangefinder patch, M-mount,
full-frame and a crank for that creative pause! The great irony of it all,
it pretty much ends up being what we could have expected from an Epson RD-2...
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pyeh
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I quite like the idea of a modular camera with different sensor and film backs and different lens mount modules, like a more developed and smaller version of what Rollei tried to do with the SL 2000/3003. Differrnt optional hand grips and flash mounts too. I think there were some design exercises recently from Samsung(?) or someone. I think the Ricoh GXR wasn't quite there with the modularity idea but could nearly have been. Dials, simplified menus, build quality and all those good things too of course.
