What are you?

What are you?

  • I am a Collector

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • I am a Cataloguer

    Votes: 4 8.7%

  • I am a Tinkerer

    Votes: 1 2.2%

  • I am a Trader

    Votes: 1 2.2%

  • I am a hardcore Photographer

    Votes: 23 50.0%

  • I am a camera Geek

    Votes: 6 13.0%

  • I am a professional Forum Troll

    Votes: 2 4.3%

  • All of the above - feel free to explain

    Votes: 9 19.6%
  • Total voters
    46
shadowfox

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Ever wonder what many of us do with cameras in general? Let's find out what kind of Gear Acquisitor we are.

I'm a Collector - I acquire only mint things, preferably with a red dot, money is no problem to me. If the lens has been breathed on, if the manual has been opened, if the gold lettering on the box has been fingered, if the body has been dry-fired even once... Begone, you mangy trader!! What? you mean people actually use an Alpa?

I am a Cataloguer - I am curious about all kinds of camera, all models, from all eras, I get them, take a picture, use them, write about them, tag them with RFID, and let them go back into the bay.. I mean the wild. Those boring shots, eh... those are test roll shots, duh!

I am a Tinkerer - I hunt for broken cameras/lenses/bags, I fix'em then I keep'em or give'em away. Yes, I can make an adapter for your Jupiter to Uranus.

I am a Trader - I hunt for cheap cameras, talk the ear off a camera repairman to fix the broken ones, then I sell them high to my victims... I mean esteemed collectors...

I am a hardcore Photographer - My Leica Standard's serial number is off by only 1 number from HCB's. My lenses are all scratched and dinged up from use. And yes, dang it, I can kick your new 5D's picture's butt anytime of the day. What's e.. B...a...y ??

I am a Camera Geek - I can recite the result from the lens tests from 1965. I have to have the latest gadget. My M8 is the bomb and I heart N95. My pictures? errr... in the CF stack over there...

I am a professional Forum Troll - I'm only in RFF to irk people to death with my well-honed snide-remarking ability. Huh? how would they find out where I live?
 
JimG said:
How did you vote Shadowfox?
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If you read the post you'll see that he is all of the above. For myself I can't vote because Wannabe aint on the list. Thats what I am, a wannabe. I wannabe like Winogrand, HCB, and others. Probably in all reality that may never happen, but I'm having fun and feel blessed and if thats all I ever acheive then it's ok. If all I ever acheive is a good comment from my peers in the gallery, then I can lay down my head at night, smile and feel great about acomplishing something good. Thats what I am.:)
 
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This is difficult

1). Most of us collect things

2). All of us use things

3). Most, (some), of us sell things

plus plus to your other points

This is just a result of the affluent society that we live in

I use, collect, sometime sell, have a file of info and "fondle"

I am not a GEEK as far as I am concerned

Therefore what are you trying to illustrate

I can say the same about a dozen other areas of my life
 
payasam said:
No "None of the above" (as defined) option?
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Darn, can't edit the polls can we?
Well, I'd be interested on how you see yourself if you're none of the above :)

Feel free to explain.
 
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gb hill said:
If you read the post you'll see that he is all of the above. For myself I can't vote because Wannabe aint on the list. Thats what I am, a wannabe. I wannabe like Winogrand, HCB, and others. Probably in all reality that may never happen, but I'm having fun and feel blessed and if thats all I ever acheive then it's ok. If all I ever acheive is a good comment from my peers in the gallery, then I can lay down my head at night, smile and feel great about acomplishing something good. Thats what I am.:)
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Eh, this is Friday, so I thought I'd post a poll that is a tongue-in-cheek look at ourselves.

As for me, I'm a Cataloguer at least for now :)
 
I acquire cameras and lenses to make photos with them. Sometimes I sell stuff I don't use anymore, but not as often as I should!
 
photogdave said:
I acquire cameras and lenses to make photos with them. Sometimes I sell stuff I don't use anymore, but not as often as I should!
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I guess that describes me too, though I also do derive real pleasure from hunting down that especially good deal to cure a bit of GAS. Oh... and I don't smoke as a habit, either. :rolleyes:
 
The poll should definitely allow multiple answers.
I'd wager that most of us are a little of several of the above.
You might also include an answer like "I'm a shooter- my gear gets used to make images, and I take care of gear that works for me."
 
I went on a crusade to buy the stuff I wanted to have, or thought I'd need. Once I found it, I stopped worrying and learned to love the bomb.

Ooops! :eek: :bang: Wait! I meant to say, I learned to love my photos. :)

Howeverly... I think I'm a camera geek. No room for statistics in my brain, though... as a professor said to me years ago, "statistics is the art of lying scientifically."

Good day! :D
 
gb hill said:
... For myself I can't vote because Wannabe aint on the list. Thats what I am, a wannabe. I wannabe like Winogrand, HCB, and others....
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I'd like to be a wannabe.


colin
 
As an Engineer, I enjoy fine machines, which cameras are. I also enjoy art, and photography is my medium. I have a subatantial collection of antique cameras, and enjoy the history of photography. I like the technical aspects of film processing and printing.
Guess I just enjoy all aspects of photography - where ever that fits into the poll. :cool:
 
I voted for hardcore photographer, but it took going through all other phases to get where I am now; less worried about equipment, and enjoying photography..
 
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