Where are all the Real Photographers? (Page 2): Yeah, what he said!🤯🙀...

pmorin Loc: Huntington Beach, Palm Springs

Longshadow wrote:

My cell has more pixels than my bridge camera, maybe even my DSLR.
OMG, my "cameras" are SO insufficient!

Yeah, what he said!🤯🙀

Rongnongno Loc: FL

And yet another this vs this thread.

Give it up, folks. It is boring.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Rongnongno wrote:

And yet another this vs this thread.

Give it up, folks. It is boring.

Don't watch?

All posts must be to your liking?

mrjcall Loc: Woodfin, NC

markwilliam1 wrote:

We just got back from touring Europe and we probably saw at the most 10 people shooting with interchangeable lens cameras! Everyone else was using smartphones. Not saying that you’re not a photographer when using a smartphone! I use my Apple 14 Pro Max and I consider myself a photographer. I was even out of place using my little Sony RX100vii. Unbelievable! Not many years ago everyone who takes pictures were lugging around a big camera and lenses.

A 'real' photographer uses whatever equipment he/she has with him/her at the time the opportunity presents itself. Period. If the image does or does not warrant praise, so be it.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

mrjcall wrote:

A 'real' photographer uses whatever equipment he/she has with him/her at the time the opportunity presents itself. Period. If the image does or does not warrant praise, so be it.

radiojohn

markwilliam1 wrote:

We just got back from touring Europe and we probably saw at the most 10 people shooting with interchangeable lens cameras! Everyone else was using smartphones.

In 1966 you would write Everyone was using Instamatics!

In 1972 it would be pocket 110 cameras!

Simple snapshot uses always outnumber enthusiast camera users.

Plus, camera phones do the job well for many these days.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

radiojohn wrote:

In 1966 you would write Everyone was using Instamatics!

In 1972 it would be pocket 110 cameras!

Simple snapshot uses always outnumber enthusiast camera users.

Plus, camera phones do the job well for many these days.

And for many, "Why do I need a big bulky camera? I have one in my phone.".

21st century Instamatics.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

azted wrote:

I agree. I think I was the only one on my river cruise that had a professional camera and lens. But because I have done this so many times, I did not feel strange, or out of place. I was amused by all the people using cell phones. Some day those will be up to par with the ton of equipment I carried. But not as of yet. You cannot get the DOF, and cropping ability with the cell phones.

Many years ago my wife and I were touring a mining museum in Pennsylvania. At some point, the docent - seeing my {Pentax} SLR, pulled my wife aside and whispered “Who is he with?” She was so used to seeing tourists with their box cameras and Instamatics, that she figured anyone with an SLR must be a ‘pro’.

Don’t make the same mistake. There are professionals who use smart phones. The difference between a amateur and a ‘pro’ is in what they see and how they make use of it.

You specifically mention ‘cropping ability’. I crop in my computer, and it is as easy to download from my iPhone to my computer as it is to do so with my SLR.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

rehess wrote:

Many years ago my wife and I were touring a mining museum in Pennsylvania. At some point, the docent - seeing my {Pentax} SLR, pulled my wife aside and whispered “Who is he with?” She was so used to seeing tourists with their box cameras and Instamatics, that she figured anyone with an SLR must be a ‘pro’.

Don’t make the same mistake. There are professionals who use smart phones. The difference between a amateur and a ‘pro’ is in what they see and how they make use of it.
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THAT is a truism!!!

BBurns Loc: South Bay, California

Longshadow wrote:

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Cells are the "Instamatic" of the future.......

Excellent analogy!

R.G. Loc: Scotland

markwilliam1 wrote:

Where are all the Real Photographers?

As far as that question's concerned, I would hold off making a final verdict until I'd seen the fruits of their labours. IMO that is the real decider.

Judy795

bsprague wrote:

I was on an "exclusives" small group tour bus. One of the people had a 'real' camera and tripod. He wouldn't take pictures without a full set up because he was a "real photographer". The entire group had to wait for him at every stop.

This is why now I only travel by myself or on a “photography tour”.

terryMc Loc: Arizona's White Mountains

rehess wrote:

Don’t make the same mistake. There are professionals who use smart phones. The difference between a amateur and a ‘pro’ is in what they see and how they make use of it.

When I was taking photography classes a long time ago, we had an instructor who worked for General Mills and got permission to take the class into a big large format product setup.

I'll never forget when the guy manning the 8x10 camera noticed a malfunction in the view camera and said: "No problem! I'll just whip out this here Instamatic and finish the shoot. It's all about my ability, not my gear..."

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

terryMc wrote:

When I was taking photography classes a long time ... (show quote)

When I was a college student, all I could afford was an Instamatic 100; I learned a lot about composition in those years.

alschlafli Loc: Colorado Springs

I heard that twice in the last month - once at the Balloon Fiesta (Albuquerque), and again in a local park just shooting highlighted trees near sunset...
Al