New cameras and herd mentality in the photo community. (Page 10): I agree also. I don't care what camera, how many lenses, what editor someone uses, or any metadata, simply the final...

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

rmalarz wrote:

A notable photographer, during a youtube presentation, stated that beginning amateurs tend to be gear-oriented. Advanced amateurs to professionals tend to be concept/technique-oriented. I tend to agree with him. I could care less about what camera was used if the photograph is of good quality and photographic techniques are used in producing that photograph.
--Bob

I agree also.
I don't care what camera, how many lenses, what editor someone uses, or any metadata, simply the final result.
I'm impressed by the result, not what they used to obtain the result.

SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA

JD750 wrote:

I see a lot of what I call herd mentality. People... (show quote)

I will agree that it’s gonna take more than a new camera to improve your photography. 😜🤪

SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA

rdgreenwood wrote:

I couldn't agree more. I taught a course earlier ... (show quote)

Doesn’t it kind of make sense that someone new to photography would have a new camera?

Sentinel4

There are some great posts in this thread.

It's difficult to find so much common sense in one place but "hogs" have demonstrated in this post dthat it's possible to have a sensical perspective and common sense.

If you can't make the photos you like with today's gear, look in the mirror and resolve to work harder- take courses and shoot more.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

BebuLamar wrote:

How old you think Paul is if there was DxO when he was a little boy?

I'm guessing Paul is near our age and if I'm right, there wasn't even an internet at that time.

SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA

What cracks me up is the mentality of all these fossils filling 10 pages of grumping and grousing about advancements in technology and thumping their chests with an air of superiority about how they’ll never buy one.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

SuperflyTNT wrote:

What cracks me up is the mentality of all these fossils filling 10 pages of grumping and grousing about advancements in technology and thumping their chests with an air of superiority about how they’ll never buy one.

Hey I'm one of those fossils and I love the new technology. And I have been shooting mirrorless since circa 2005.

I try not to grump and grouse too much. ;)

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

SuperflyTNT wrote:

What cracks me up is the mentality of all these fossils filling 10 pages of grumping and grousing about advancements in technology and thumping their chests with an air of superiority about how they’ll never buy one.

Due to technological advances, one can now get a shower head with a Bluetooth speaker in it.
I'll never buy one.......

JFCoupe Loc: Kent, Washington

I find it puzzling that some folks seem to think upgrading equipment is so awful. If no one does, then there are no new cameras after a period of time. Do we really want that to happen? I say NO.

I wonder if criticizing folks who upgrade is a bit of reverse snobbery. Again, if you don't want to buy new gear, fine, don't buy...but there is no reason to criticize folks who do want to upgrade.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

JFCoupe wrote:

I find it puzzling that some folks seem to think upgrading equipment is so awful. ...
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I don't think it's awful, I simply don't require it.

wsa111 Loc: Goose Creek, South Carolina

I still like the the DSLR cause you are looking at your subject through the lens.
I don't need 10 frames a second so why waste my money. I still shoot my D750 & D800.
Clarify the main advantage of the mirrorless cameras?
I have heard it requires less lenses because each one has more latitude??

camerapapi Loc: Miami, Fl.

Nobody can deny the high end technology present in new cameras like nobody can deny that modern lenses are superior in quality to what we had only 15 years ago. Do that means that we should be looking for the best? I do not believe so.

In my case, I never bought a new camera, all my camera bodies are second hand or refurb. Indeed none of them is new, my Olympus EM-1 original version is slightly more than 10 years old and I already forgot how old is my D7000. For the type of photography I do both cameras satisfy my needs. I have been watching out of curiosity videos on the new Nikon Z9 and I admit it is a hell of a tool with an incredibly good AF system and shooting rate. I am not entirely familiar with that camera and I bet it has more technologies than all of my cameras together but I do not need one nor can I afford it either.
It is still the photographer who makes the images, the camera is only a tool.

Perhaps I am a rare human being because I cannot remember suffering of GAS.

User ID

kb6kgx wrote:

Precisely why a good friend of mine who is a forme... (show quote)

It’s not intended to do that. Hogsters always seem so clueless about about advanced tools.

User ID

wsa111 wrote:

I still like the the DSLR cause you are looking at your subject through the lens.
I don't need 10 frames a second so why waste my money. I still shoot my D750 & D800.
Clarify the main advantage of the mirrorless cameras?
I have heard it requires less lenses because each one has more latitude??

Take your opening sentence and mentally picture a device that does exactly that, but does it much more accurately. That is what EVF is all about.

Take your last sentence and discard it. Don’t know exactly what you heard from whom, but as written (more lens latitude ?!?) it’s a meaningless string of words.

As to 10 FPS, thaz nothing. 30 to 60fps is much more useful. The more frames you can cram into a mere blink, the better ... better meaning sharper.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

User ID wrote:

It’s not intended to do that. Hogsters always seem so clueless about about advanced tools.

Not all, I would say some though.