Where are you on this graph?
Feb 25, 2019 12:45:08 #
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Feb 25, 2019 14:39:46 #
I'm certainly not near Death, and I the pictures I take satisfy me.
Feb 25, 2019 14:40:06 #
David in Dallas wrote:
Pretty close to "Death", I think . . . .
Santa Claus will never die.
Feb 25, 2019 17:11:34 #
amfoto1
Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA
Hopefully I'm not "exposed too far to the right" (ETFTTR)! 
I think there needs to be added:
"Got first tripod in bundle w/camera lenses, filters, cleaning kit, yada, yada"
"Bundle tripod was short/flimsy/broke... replaced with $35 tripod"
"$35 tripod broke, replaced with $50 tripod"
"$50 tripod broke, replaced with $75 tripod"
"$75 tripod broke, replaced with $125 tripod"
"$125 tripod broke, replaced with $250 tripod"
"$250 tripod too heavy, replaced with $500 carbon fiber tripod"
"Upgraded to $1000+ carbon fiber tripod and head I should have bought in the first place. It would have cost less AND been a whole lot less frustrating!"
I think there needs to be added:
"Got first tripod in bundle w/camera lenses, filters, cleaning kit, yada, yada"
"Bundle tripod was short/flimsy/broke... replaced with $35 tripod"
"$35 tripod broke, replaced with $50 tripod"
"$50 tripod broke, replaced with $75 tripod"
"$75 tripod broke, replaced with $125 tripod"
"$125 tripod broke, replaced with $250 tripod"
"$250 tripod too heavy, replaced with $500 carbon fiber tripod"
"Upgraded to $1000+ carbon fiber tripod and head I should have bought in the first place. It would have cost less AND been a whole lot less frustrating!"
Feb 25, 2019 17:39:05 #
amfoto1 wrote:
I think there needs to be added:
"Got first tripod in bundle w/camera lenses, filters, cleaning kit, yada, yada"
"Bundle tripod was short/flimsy/broke... replaced with $35 tripod"
"$35 tripod broke, replaced with $50 tripod"
"$50 tripod broke, replaced with $75 tripod"
"$75 tripod broke, replaced with $125 tripod"
"$125 tripod broke, replaced with $250 tripod"
I think there needs to be added:
"Got first tripod in bundle w/camera lenses, filters, cleaning kit, yada, yada"
"Bundle tripod was short/flimsy/broke... replaced with $35 tripod"
"$35 tripod broke, replaced with $50 tripod"
"$50 tripod broke, replaced with $75 tripod"
"$75 tripod broke, replaced with $125 tripod"
"$125 tripod broke, replaced with $250 tripod"
Based on your tragic tripod history, I'm not so sure I'd be willing to lend you mine.
Feb 26, 2019 10:07:11 #
Feb 26, 2019 10:16:40 #
DirtFarmer wrote:
Found this in my photopile.
Neat, Dirt … a lil convoluted, though, don'tchathink?
I got my first tripod in 1972 … it's a Velbron - I think … cheap, but, it does the job - still have it.
Got my second one, a lil while later - to keep in the car. It's a GPD … French … nice and light.
When I opened my studio, I got a Bogen 3050, with a dolly. Massive thing - just what I needed for the RB.
My favorite - and, therefore - most used, though - is the GPD … it's easier to set the tabs, than on t'other.
Feb 26, 2019 10:41:33 #
amfoto1 wrote:
Hopefully I'm not "exposed too far to the rig... (show quote)
Hilarious and spot-on. My problem is I'm still using the $250 tripod. As for the chart, I like to think I'm on the dashed blue line heading north completely off the chart.
Feb 26, 2019 11:08:29 #
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Feb 26, 2019 12:38:22 #
Where I'm at is easy, who I am (photographically)? Now that will take more than a line graph to figure out.
Feb 26, 2019 13:14:42 #
I'm somewhere between Photoshop and finding my old film camera (Nikon FM). But I can't get the 35mm film to load into Photoshop - isn't that what they mean by a "raw" file? I'm still confused...
Feb 26, 2019 14:37:36 #
I was at a seminar many years ago, I believe it may have been George Lepp. I remember a statement that was made.
"Every photographer will own at least 3 tripods and 4 camera bags before they own the one they really should have purchased in the first place."
"Every photographer will own at least 3 tripods and 4 camera bags before they own the one they really should have purchased in the first place."
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