In Which Group Are You?
Nov 26, 2021 19:34:54 #
Nov 26, 2021 19:36:08 #
Najataagihe wrote:
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I found out, decades ago, that most folks who use cameras do not seek improvement or proficiency, but ego gratification.
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I found out, decades ago, that most folks who use cameras do not seek improvement or proficiency, but ego gratification.
Yup.
Nov 26, 2021 19:36:17 #
Nov 26, 2021 19:38:12 #
wide2tele wrote:
But aren't group 1 the professionals??? 
The ones that think they are.
Nov 26, 2021 19:42:14 #
Nov 26, 2021 19:45:47 #
Longshadow wrote:
The ones that think they are.
I've had 4 tripods that I thought were excellent for years.
I came here and learned my tripods and heads are all poo poo. Now I'll have to go out and buy new tripods and heads. I guess if it'll make me a better photographer...new tripods it must be.
It doesn't end there, I have to get some new cameras too! The ones I have are no good either.
But the only good cameras are mirrorless and to get good pictures, you need mirrorless lenses so all my old lenses will have to go.
So glad I know all this now so I can go out and buy all the stuff I need to take better pics!
Nov 26, 2021 19:48:23 #
wide2tele wrote:
I've had 4 tripods that I thought were excellent f... (show quote)
The longer you read UHH, the more expensive it gets.
Nov 26, 2021 20:08:00 #
wide2tele wrote:
I've had 4 tripods that I thought were excellent f... (show quote)
Heh heh...
I have a tripod, it has a 3-way head, yea, some company made it.
I think Manfroto made the head (3 year old addition).
I use it, it works.
Nov 26, 2021 20:09:25 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
The longer you read UHH, the more expensive it gets.
For some.....
Nov 26, 2021 20:13:26 #
wide2tele wrote:
But aren't group 1 the professionals???
I don't know but I am in group 1 and I am definitely not the professional.
Nov 26, 2021 20:57:29 #
I'll spin this one back to the extent that equipment can influence outcomes, and I do like fine equipment of any kind. What is important to me, and it was effective with people who reported to me in business, and those I taught Martial Arts is the learning model. It is called the four stages of learning. It is my entire path in any serious area of interest.
http://thepeakperformancecenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Stages-of-Learning1.bmp
When I can regularly take photos I am proud of without thinking about the gritty details of how I got the job done (Equipment, settings, etc. etc.) I will have arrived. Once in a while I get lucky. Unconscious Competence is not common, but observed on occasion. In the Martial Arts, "A mind like Water, a mind like the moon". Seen regularly in high level performers.
http://thepeakperformancecenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Stages-of-Learning1.bmp
When I can regularly take photos I am proud of without thinking about the gritty details of how I got the job done (Equipment, settings, etc. etc.) I will have arrived. Once in a while I get lucky. Unconscious Competence is not common, but observed on occasion. In the Martial Arts, "A mind like Water, a mind like the moon". Seen regularly in high level performers.
Nov 26, 2021 22:01:15 #
Nov 26, 2021 22:31:54 #
One of my favorite sayings is: :Beware of an old person who owns only one gun, chances are he knows how to use it". Same applies to someone who owns only one camera.
Nov 26, 2021 22:37:46 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
One of my favorite sayings is: :Beware of an old person who owns only one gun, chances are he knows how to use it". Same applies to someone who owns only one camera.
Nov 26, 2021 22:52:31 #
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