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Davis
Quit talking about gear and go outside and shoot! Photographers get so caught up in equipment and neglect to make great images.
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>> Anonymous
true story.
>> Anonymous
Those who get caught up in gear are not photographers. They're geeks who occasionally take pictures.
>> Lynx !!KY+lVSl0s2m
>>92660
Yep, thats me :)
>> Anonymous
>>92660

yeah same for me too. I like taking pictures, but I'm no photographer.
>> heavyweather !4AIf7oXcbA
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>>92660
Real photographers nerd out about gear and the technical aspects from time to time as well. After a certain point, it all becomes rather commonplace and other things are way more interesting. But inside even the purest photographer there lurks a consummate gearhead. They just don't let that gearhead out, because hey, what's the point?

Measurebators, pixelpeepers, and resolution-chart-junkies get on my nerves, though. No one honestly cares about that shit unless you're an editor for dpreview.
>> Anonymous
>>92657
I like the talents eye.
>> angrylittleboy !wrJcGUHncE
>>92660

I remember David Hurn's thoughts on the matter, saying photographers go through stages when it comes to equipment:

Stage 1:
Obsession with equipment. The budding photographer gushes at the latest equipment, gets the best stuff his money can buy and and frequently compares what he has with his contemporaries.

Stage 2:
The photographer starts taking nice photos and suddenly gets an epiphany that the equipment does not make the photographer. Shuns People "obsessed" with equipment.

Stage 3:
The photographer, who by now is already dabbling in the professional circle, realizes that he needs a new lens for a particular project. He also needs a spare body, a better flash, maybe a vertical grip... And we now go full circle, with our photographer gushing at the latest gear and comparing his set-up with his contemporaries.
>> Anonymous
>>92684
id say thats pretty fucking accurate anon.

im at stage 2.

where is anon. honestly gaiz!
>> Anonymous
>>92688
I'm at 3 although I'm still trying to do it on the cheap. I only have one "L" lens and only a 20D body. I might get a 5D when the mark II or whatever upgrade comes out and the original goes down in price.
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
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Hay guise, I just got a new lens! It is pretty cool.

(By which I mean, I'm still at stage 1)

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>> Anonymous
I'm stuck between stage one and two. I realize that the gear doesn't make the photographer, but I'd love some better gear.
>> Macheath !8b4g0BkNZg
Where's the "taking photos overexposed photos of themselves/shoes/pets with a 1.3megapixel phone cam, while calling art because the picture is tilted" phase?

I guess I'm in between 1 and 2 as well, in that I know that the camera doesn't make the photographer, but fuck if I can't want a wider lens than 28mm and one that's faster than f/4 (come to me Tamron 17-50 f/2.8).

Then again, I haven't really gone shooting much recently, so I guess I'm not even really a photographer.
>> Half-Eye !Ir.x8Zkt3c
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I'm a gearhead, no matter what i do. Then again, i am luckily constantly broke, which limits my options and makes me an almost MacGyverish master of improvisation. I am typin this on a gaffertaped Laptop with an open external HDD casing next to it - all stuff someone threw away because they couldnt fix it and just bought something new and shiny. I use a stone old EOS 350 that i got from a friend, 3rd party glass and go drink a coffee everytime my machine copies pictures from my generation I CF card to my sputtering hard drive. I am forced to skip step 1, but am not nearly enlightened.

Also, today's favourite pixx0r.

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>> Anonymous
>>92657
>Quit talking about gear and go outside and shoot!

fuck that, it's cold outside

I hate winter
>> thefamilyman !!rTVzm2BgTOa
>>92673
didn't you use to preach on how great the K10D was???
>> Anonymous
I never was a one, at least not in an normal sense. My whole idea of "photography" when I was starting out came from a National Geographic book that, interspersed with photography basics, had profiles of a few of their photographers, with descriptions of their working styles and tips. Two of them- David Alan Harvey, especially and (I think) Sam Abell- mentioned how they would intentionally keep their gear small and simple. So I was something of an anti-gearhead; I didn't realize at the time Harvey talking about his "Leicas" meant not "small and pretty cameras" but "$3,000 small and pretty cameras," or that they had any reputation for "glow," etc.

Right now I'm in between phase two and three, closer to two now. The only thing holding me back is the prices of some of those things are a big turnoff.

>>92718
Winter's awesome.
>> Anonymous
>>92724
Typo, closer to three, not that it really matters.
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>92718
QFT.

Stupid Buffalo.
>> Anonymous
>>92729

it's 76 degrees right now here in new mexico. it's unseasonably warm, even for here, but still. wearing formal shorts for thanksgiving? fukken awesome!!
>> heavyweather !4AIf7oXcbA
>>92721
I did, and I stand by it. K10Ds are fuckin' great cameras, with a fuckin' cool system behind them. If I could get one, I would. A K10D with a 50mm f/1.2 SMC lens and 31mm f/1.8 Limited = win.
>> Anonymous
>>92724

Depends what kind of winter you get.
>> Anonymous
>>92752
Why did you stick with Nikon again? I'm honestly asking; I remember you posting your reason, but I forget it.
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>92774
I believe it boiled down to "While the K10D is a great camera, it's not great enough for me to toss my investment in the Nikon system"
>> Anonymous
>>92752
I love my K10D. It was one of the few sub-$1K DSLRs that didn't feel like a toy or a souped-up P&S in my hands. (I'd *really* like a Hasselblad H3D, but I'm in need of a car first and I only have a $25,000 limit on my credit card.)