The Ten Commandments Of Our Faith

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Amidst the ongoing thread about cropping, in which croppers were outcasted from photography to the flames of Hell, in another nice thread about the tiny Olympus Trip 35, I was acquinted with another Law of the Arch: "The Spirit of The Camera".

Meaning that if I put a hood on the tiny Oly trip, I will not only be putting an obstacle to the sellenium cell, but perhaps more important, I will be breaking "The Spirit Of The Camera".

Ahhh, "The Spirit Of The Camera"...

So I cannot but invite all members to have a funy thread trying to figure out which could be the other 8 Commandments Of Our Faith, what we shall ever observe if we are looking for Paradise instead of Hell.

Cheers,
Ruben
 
Here's a few tentative suggestions:

#3 Don't use anything which is a copy of something else. Get the original or get out.

#4 Don't put expensive lenses on cheap bodies and vice versa. Corollary: Don't use lenses which have a celestial body in their name. And "Tess" doesn't count as a celestial body, nor does the Sun in "Sonnar".

#5 The camera is an end unto itself. (This rule is not to be talked about in public. For the public, all cameras exist to be used, and it's the resulting photographs that count. We know better, though) Corollary: If you scratch your camera, either pretend that you don't care, or pretend that it happened in a war zone, or pretend that it is the fault of a Russian piece of equipment - in particular, never ever admit that it is remotely your own fault.
 
are we the RFF members more likely to be the anal retentive type versus the anal expulsive type?
 
xayraa33 said:
are we the RFF members more likely to be the anal retentive type versus the anal expulsive type?
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Ok, this deserves a detailed explanation on behalf of those of us living alone up there at the hills, for which English is not our mother language.

Or, if you like post an image, "worth of a thousand words".

Cheers,
Ruben
 
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These are good, but I'd like see more of those ridiculous dogmatic pseudo-true-isms some people spout. Things like "real photographers don't use flash", or "if you don't process your own film, you're a pansy".

Bring on the nonsense!
 
ruben said:
Ok, this deserves a detailed explanation on behalf of those of us living alone up there at the hills, for which English is not our mother language.

Cheers,
Ruben
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see the Wikipedia explanation Ruben.
it always occurs to me that our topics and beliefs on photographic gear must seem very strange to outsiders and practical people.
 
When asked to recommend a cheap camera for a beginner, always say "you really need a Leica MP" (the same answer should be applied to all photographic questions).

His camera is broken. Your camera is worn out. My camera was formerly the property of HCB and is exquisitely brassed.

His photographs are filth. Your photographs are clumsy pornography. My photographs are tasteful explorations of sensuality.

You are the only person in the world allowed to photograph fat, homeless, sick and mentally disturbed people. In all other cases it is cynical heartless exploitation.

Cheers, Ian
 
drewbarb said:
These are good, but I'd like see more of those ridiculous dogmatic pseudo-true-isms some people spout. Things like "real photographers don't use flash", or "if you don't process your own film, you're a pansy".

Bring on the nonsense!
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Here are a couple of my favorites, in no particular order:

- Rangefinders are
a - for street photography
b - not to be used on tripods
c - not to be used with flash
d - for B+W photography
- DOF only depends on the focal length you use
- the bigger/faster the lens, the better. You need the speed.
- you need at least a 21mm wide angle for landscape photography
- German manufacturing has the best quality control
- good glass is sharp :)
- using a single lens/body combo with a Leica M is ideal and beats
fixed lens RFs any time.
- A good street photo has either to include a homeless person or
a young couple making out

And finally:

- when buying camera equipment you get what you pay for ....

Cheers,

Roland.
 
Jocko said:
When asked to recommend a cheap camera for a beginner, always say "you really need a Leica MP"
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Also so true!:D

drewbarb said:
"if you don't process your own film, you're a pansy".
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This one sadly works on me :eek: I feel so ashamed of not processing myself ...

There is also:
You shall always shoot wide open!
other version: If you cannot focus with a Noctilux at f1, give up photography.

If your lens flares when you shoot into the sun, change it.
 
Let's have it a little harder:


The Only True Messenger has been HCB.

Cheers,
Ruben
 
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours' FED, nor his Zorki, nor his Kiev. For these are abominations in the sight of Barnack!
 
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