MIkhail
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Just curious, what is the purpose or need of posting of camera and/or lens pictures into Gallery?
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JRminox
Established
This forum is about hardware!
tarullifoto
Established
Mikhail, I'm with you. The forum might be about hardware, but I've always understood the intention behind the Gallery to be the creation of a place to post images created with the hardware we love; not as a place to show pictures of that hardware.
That's my 2 cents, anyway. Not that I'm about to lose sleep over it.
MIkhail
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MIkhail
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Not that I lost sleep either.
Actually, I never understood the need to take picture of camera with other camera anyway. But that's beside the point, perhaps.
Then again, I could never understand the need to explore what is one's favorite (or least favorite) focal length, or for example weather one need to photograph a cat with summicron rigid or with summicron collapsible and so forrh... "Man has to know his limitations"(c)
Pioneer
Veteran
I can think of a few reasons to take pictures of my camera.
1. When selling it.
2. When sending it out for repair.
3. When camera received is much less then was advertised.
4. In mirror to identify which camera took which pictures. Probably an indication that you have too many cameras.
rodinal
film user
I've never posted a picture of a camera (except to show something related to a discussion), but I really enjoy to see pictures of beautiful cameras among other subjects. Why not? Just skip them if you find them disturbing.
alienmeatsack
Well-known
I also love to see beautiful cameras themselves in photos, not just the photos they took.
wallace
Well-known
I'd love to see photos of members taking pictures of their cameras.....;-)
zuiko85
Veteran
I like to see photos of folks cameras. Sometimes they are of models I'm not familiar with and it's nice to see a picture.
Darthfeeble
But you can call me Steve
I'm very interested in what this or that camera looks like. Luckily, this forum is very diverse and we can all look or not look at all sorts of pix and posts.
tarullifoto
Established
Yeah, but in the *Gallery*??
ColSebastianMoran
( IRL Richard Karash )
People here love photography. They also love their gear.
lam
Well-known
KoNickon
Nick Merritt
Mikhail has a point -- I get the "pure porn" threads -- "Show us your Nikoflex!" and others, but posting a picture of gear to the galleries is a little odd, artfully though it may be composed and lit.
furcafe
Veteran
Why not? People post photos of cars, cats, buildings, flowers, & humans, too, & there's probably someone who objects to or fails to appreciate photographs of any number of those subjects.
Sejanus.Aelianus
Veteran
I find it very odd when people post threads which appear to have the intent of disparaging other people's pleasures.
But then, I'm pretty odd, myself
froyd
Veteran
I post pictures of cameras and lenses to the gallery for three reasons:
- Selling them on RFF
- Writing a post and about the specific gear item and needing to illustrate a point
- Submitting an image to the "show us an image of...." threads
- Selling them on RFF
- Writing a post and about the specific gear item and needing to illustrate a point
- Submitting an image to the "show us an image of...." threads
