The Best Camera!!
Feb 2, 2013 23:31:58 #
Two schools of thought on the BEST Camera:
1) The best camera is ALWAYS the one you do not have because a new one is available that does something better or faster.
2) The best camera is the one with which you are so familiar you can use it as a seamless extension of your creativity.
The conundrum:
I'll never own Camera #1; (not for very long anyway.)
I'd like to own at least two of Camera #2, but I have trouble getting much further than the first anniversary.
1) The best camera is ALWAYS the one you do not have because a new one is available that does something better or faster.
2) The best camera is the one with which you are so familiar you can use it as a seamless extension of your creativity.
The conundrum:
I'll never own Camera #1; (not for very long anyway.)
I'd like to own at least two of Camera #2, but I have trouble getting much further than the first anniversary.
Feb 3, 2013 00:08:30 #
Festina Lente wrote:
Two schools of thought on the BEST Camera:
1) The best camera is ALWAYS the one you do not have because a new one is available that does something better or faster.
2) The best camera is the one with which you are so familiar you can use it as a seamless extension of your creativity.
The conundrum:
I'll never own Camera #1; (not for very long anyway.)
I'd like to own at least two of Camera #2, but I have trouble getting much further than the first anniversary.
1) The best camera is ALWAYS the one you do not have because a new one is available that does something better or faster.
2) The best camera is the one with which you are so familiar you can use it as a seamless extension of your creativity.
The conundrum:
I'll never own Camera #1; (not for very long anyway.)
I'd like to own at least two of Camera #2, but I have trouble getting much further than the first anniversary.
"If you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with". (1$ to Stephen Stills)
Feb 3, 2013 00:14:06 #
Festina Lente wrote:
Two schools of thought on the BEST Camera:
1) The best camera is ALWAYS the one you do not have because a new one is available that does something better or faster.
2) The best camera is the one with which you are so familiar you can use it as a seamless extension of your creativity.
The conundrum:
I'll never own Camera #1; (not for very long anyway.)
I'd like to own at least two of Camera #2, but I have trouble getting much further than the first anniversary.
1) The best camera is ALWAYS the one you do not have because a new one is available that does something better or faster.
2) The best camera is the one with which you are so familiar you can use it as a seamless extension of your creativity.
The conundrum:
I'll never own Camera #1; (not for very long anyway.)
I'd like to own at least two of Camera #2, but I have trouble getting much further than the first anniversary.
Well put.
Feb 3, 2013 00:35:39 #
Jblanke wrote:
quote=Festina Lente Two schools of thought on the... (show quote)
The best camera is the one you have with you.
Feb 3, 2013 00:57:44 #
Photographer Jim wrote:
"If you can't be with the one you love, then love the one you're with". (1$ to Stephen Stills)
"If you can't be with the one you love, then love the one you're with". (1$ to Stephen Stills)
That's been my philosophy since about a week after I discovered girls.
Will it actually work with cameras also??!!
Feb 3, 2013 01:04:44 #
SharpShooter wrote:
That's been my philosophy since about a week after I discovered girls.
Will it actually work with cameras also??!!
Photographer Jim wrote:
"If you can't be with the one you love, then love the one you're with". (1$ to Stephen Stills)
"If you can't be with the one you love, then love the one you're with". (1$ to Stephen Stills)
That's been my philosophy since about a week after I discovered girls.
Will it actually work with cameras also??!!
Yes, although it does work better with girls! :P
Feb 3, 2013 06:39:09 #
[quote=Festina Lente]
The best camera is the one that you have taught to do exactly what you want it to do.
GHK
The best camera is the one that you have taught to do exactly what you want it to do.
GHK
Feb 3, 2013 08:26:50 #
Wise words Festina Lente -
to which I'll add that I've always found that, yes, the grass is always greener - the offset, however, is that there is usually quite a bit more to cut!
to which I'll add that I've always found that, yes, the grass is always greener - the offset, however, is that there is usually quite a bit more to cut!
Feb 3, 2013 08:52:48 #
lighthouse
Loc: No Fixed Abode
Mogul wrote:
The best camera is the one you have with you.
The best camera is the one you have with you.
The camera that you have with you isn't worth a cracker if it is not capable of taking the shot that you want to take.
Feb 3, 2013 09:23:39 #
You are all partly wrong.
The best camera is the one you have with you all the time and use!
The best camera is the one you have with you all the time and use!
Feb 3, 2013 09:25:30 #
Festina Lente wrote:
Two schools of thought on the BEST Camera:
1) The best camera is ALWAYS the one you do not have because a new one is available that does something better or faster.
2) The best camera is the one with which you are so familiar you can use it as a seamless extension of your creativity.
The conundrum:
I'll never own Camera #1; (not for very long anyway.)
I'd like to own at least two of Camera #2, but I have trouble getting much further than the first anniversary.
1) The best camera is ALWAYS the one you do not have because a new one is available that does something better or faster.
2) The best camera is the one with which you are so familiar you can use it as a seamless extension of your creativity.
The conundrum:
I'll never own Camera #1; (not for very long anyway.)
I'd like to own at least two of Camera #2, but I have trouble getting much further than the first anniversary.
I never liked idea #1. Sure, it's better to have a camera with you than not having one, but why not pick out a really good camera to have with you? A $40 P&S might not be the best camera to have with you - regardless.
Buy what you think is a good DSLR and also buy a good P&S. Then idea #1 goes away, and all that really counts is idea #2. If you're carrying a camera that you can't use quickly, without thinking, you might as well leave it home.
Some day, I'm going to learn everything I can about my D600 and Sony WX9.
Feb 3, 2013 09:35:15 #
Back when I shot for the news, the best camera was the most indestructible, which counts out basically all current DSLRs.
Run up a flight of steel edged concrete steps and have a lens strap break at the landing. Then turn in horror to watch your camera fall from your side and tumbled down all those steps, enough impact to separate the batteries from the camera at the bottom. This is what happened to my Nikon F2 with MD2 motor drive and MB1 battery pack (that camera body was over 5 pounds and not only the batteries popped out of the MB1 pack, but the viewfinder had come off [as we did have viewfinder choices back then] and on that lower landing, I recall seeing the camera in four pieces.)
I ran down the stairs, put the camera back together. No problem. One dent. Amazing. I still have that camera today, and its shutter will likely outlast my next four DSLRs.
Run up a flight of steel edged concrete steps and have a lens strap break at the landing. Then turn in horror to watch your camera fall from your side and tumbled down all those steps, enough impact to separate the batteries from the camera at the bottom. This is what happened to my Nikon F2 with MD2 motor drive and MB1 battery pack (that camera body was over 5 pounds and not only the batteries popped out of the MB1 pack, but the viewfinder had come off [as we did have viewfinder choices back then] and on that lower landing, I recall seeing the camera in four pieces.)
I ran down the stairs, put the camera back together. No problem. One dent. Amazing. I still have that camera today, and its shutter will likely outlast my next four DSLRs.
Feb 3, 2013 09:41:32 #
Makes sense for Canikon. Why make something that becomes obsolete long before it breaks or wears out
Feb 3, 2013 09:47:01 #
SteveG
Loc: Norh Carolina
I ALWAYS l thought the best camera you had WAS the one you had WITH you! Can't take a photo unless you have one with one with you. Doesn't matter if its a point & shoot pocket camera or an elaborate DSLR.
Feb 3, 2013 10:09:56 #
Some of the point and shoot cameras take some pretty nice pictures.
I also have 3 shockproof/waterproof/dustproof/freeze proof cameras (I keep one in each car as emergencies and take one on holidays) and I've had some really nice photographs.
Sometimes you'd be hard pushed to know the photo's came from a point and shoot and not a DSLR.
I also have 3 shockproof/waterproof/dustproof/freeze proof cameras (I keep one in each car as emergencies and take one on holidays) and I've had some really nice photographs.
Sometimes you'd be hard pushed to know the photo's came from a point and shoot and not a DSLR.
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