Is skill no longer a priority? Canon R5 and Sony A9ll. (animal eye detection, 30fps,and a 95% keeper rate)
Jul 22, 2021 06:38:58 #
Jeffcs wrote:
Just a thought here however so short!
Who out there remembers Nikon introducing the “A” on the dial?
Who out there remembers Nikon introducing the “A” on the dial?
Actually, I think the camera that introduced aperture priority was the Pentax Electro Spotmatic, 1971.
Jul 22, 2021 07:47:23 #
Jul 22, 2021 09:05:26 #
Jeffcs
Loc: Myrtle Beach South Carolina
jburlinson wrote:
Actually, I think the camera that introduced aperture priority was the Pentax Electro Spotmatic, 1971.
It doesn’t really make a difference what camera manufacturers introduced automation first, my point was accepting and using or not to use technology.
Cameras don’t make a person a good photographer, that comes from the heart!
Jul 22, 2021 09:36:53 #
Most cameras now days take great pictures, but I've always believed it takes someone behind the camera with skill, to take a great photograph.
Jul 22, 2021 09:48:49 #
gvarner
Loc: Central Oregon Coast
The camera can’t do anything that you brain does before the shutter is clicked. It can’t compose. It can’t determine what you want the outcome to be.
Jul 22, 2021 09:54:09 #
Jul 22, 2021 10:23:24 #
LEWHITE7747 wrote:
The technology is getting so good that we need to just point in the right direction and push the shutter button. Is this even photography or just computerized robots with very little innate sense of the use of light and individual input.
Computational photography is upon us. The longer it goes on the dumber we can be. But at least we won’t have a bunch of cruddy pictures…
Jul 22, 2021 10:30:30 #
In all reality, the camera manufacturers want to sell cameras. In order to do so, they need to produce a product that will entice people to purchase it. Thus, if their product can render a photograph of superior quality with as little effort on the user's part as possible they will sell quite a lot of them.
--Bob
--Bob
LEWHITE7747 wrote:
The technology is getting so good that we need to just point in the right direction and push the shutter button. Is this even photography or just computerized robots with very little innate sense of the use of light and individual input.
Jul 22, 2021 11:00:49 #
gvarner wrote:
You’re describing a snapshot, not a pre-planned photo.
If you don't use "quote reply" we won't know who you are responding to.
Jul 22, 2021 11:53:51 #
wdross
Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado
LEWHITE7747 wrote:
The technology is getting so good that we need to just point in the right direction and push the shutter button. Is this even photography or just computerized robots with very little innate sense of the use of light and individual input.
Yes and no. Yes the technology does make it easier to capture some shots compared to past. But if one's camera is in the closet, only being used at a rest stop, or never taken out in the woods, capturing something interesting or spectacular is much less likely no matter what the technology is. Technology must be taken to where the image is and then used properly to capture the image. That still requires a photographer.
Jul 22, 2021 15:45:20 #
RodeoMan
Loc: St Joseph, Missouri
Toment wrote:
Computational photography is upon us. The longer it goes on the dumber we can be. But at least we won’t have a bunch of cruddy pictures…
Cutting down on the number of "cruddy pictures", wouldn't that be a good thing?
Jul 22, 2021 16:26:16 #
gvarner wrote:
You’re describing a snapshot, not a pre-planned photo.
Depends on who or what has defined “composition” for you, or for whoever.
Jul 22, 2021 16:27:58 #
rmalarz wrote:
In all reality, the camera manufacturers want to sell cameras. In order to do so, they need to produce a product that will entice people to purchase it. Thus, if their product can render a photograph of superior quality with as little effort on the user's part as possible they will sell quite a lot of them.
--Bob
--Bob
True, of much more than just photo gear.
Jul 22, 2021 16:29:08 #
wdross wrote:
Yes and no. Yes the technology does make it easier to capture some shots compared to past. But if one's camera is in the closet, only being used at a rest stop, or never taken out in the woods, capturing something interesting or spectacular is much less likely no matter what the technology is. Technology must be taken to where the image is and then used properly to capture the image. That still requires a photographer.
Or a drone.
Jul 22, 2021 16:41:22 #
lerrad
Loc: Marietta, GA /Suches, GA
CHG_CANON wrote:
You're never too old to try a short cut to success.
That one deeply affected me! Thank you. (lol)
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