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That's what has prompted me more than once to consider drawing lessons....Chris101 said:Seeing it without a camera is just plain frustrating.
That's what has prompted me more than once to consider drawing lessons....Chris101 said:Seeing it without a camera is just plain frustrating.
myoptic3 said:Why the arbitrary 2 rolls a week and 3 prints. It IS arbitrary. Just shoot whenever there is a shot worth taking (you would be surprised how few shots you will take) and print only the great shots (not the good or very, very good ones). The empty mind comes from not, not thinking. Not from not thinking. Or, just shoot. However, Buddhist practice is one thing and photography another. You may actually want to think MORE and shoot less.
I am reminded of a commercial stock photographer who shot, according to him, over 2,000 rolls of film a year. Figuring it was just 24 exp per roll, that's , mmm, lets see....that's a LOT of pics! And he got 4 or 5 a year that paid the bills. So I wouldn't be worried about printing. I can sometimes get several printable shots a month, then not get any in a year. Edit, edit, edit.
Neither is pocketable, but surely you don't believe that the M8 is the same size & weight as the D200 (even assuming each has a comparable prime attached)?
However, I do agree that a compact digital like the Caplio might be more "mind-emptying" than a D200 & be a lot easier to carry around.
kevin m said:The Leica is smaller, but not by much. Either camera is too damned big to carry around in a pocket. Unless you consider a Domke 803 your pocket. 😀
The notion that a Leica M is small enough to always have on you is largely a myth. It's smaller than an SLR, but still too big. These new small sensor digital cameras like the Ricoh's are truely pocketable and they have very good manual controls. Is their image quality equal to an M8 or even scanned film. No, but so what? There's something to be said for always having a camera on your person, and there's more to be said about a camera so innocuous that no one takes it seriously. I think the images being posted on the GET DPI small sensor forum certainly prove that.
The Ricoh GR-D and GX-100 ARE the Barnack Leicas of our time. Yes, I'm serious. 🙂 Too bad no one at Leica recognizes that.
kevin m said:The Leica is smaller, but not by much. Either camera is too damned big to carry around in a pocket. Unless you consider a Domke 803 your pocket. 😀
The notion that a Leica M is small enough to always have on you is largely a myth.
jbf said:I always carry my m mount body with me, though theres no way its fitting into my pockets. 🙂 I just wear it bandolero with a neckstrap and pull it up to shoot whenever i see something interesting.
Nh3 said:I deliberately don't carry a camera with me all the time so that I enjoy what else life has to offer apart from photography.
My simple philosophy is live to photograph, not photograph to live.
sonofdanang said:As we invoke 'empty mind', consider that there are essentially three ego-states: Superior to, inferior to, and equal to.
Consider the 'unique'.
When you hear that 'blah and blah...' in your head, ignore it as you would chatter at a gallery and keep looking at the photograph. There is something else there. You took the picture. Follow the threads. As a famous writer once said, 'Just get the words down. You will always re-write, following alleys previously unrevealed".
Just keep working. The process is just the boat that gets you across the river. Once you're on the other shore, you gonna carry that thing on your head for the rest of the journey?
tomasis said:I remember how many times I regret at last few years not having a camera with me when good occasions appeared. Recently I have decided to put rollei or barnack in my pocket when I go to work or outside every time.
tomasis said:it is called zen mode 🙂