Upgrading Camera Equipment- Rant
Feb 12, 2022 19:10:20 #
RodeoMan
Loc: St Joseph, Missouri
ecobin wrote:
We all have our own priorities and asking others for advice on this forum is like asking whether to buy another pair of shoes. If you don't know then don't buy. I don't discuss my priorities with anyone except my wife. IMHO, such public discussions are childish. That's my rant!
I understand what you are saying, but lets say that you want to go into a different area of photography, say astro or macro, and are considering getting some different equipment. You ask questions of this forum populated with numerous folks who have already been where you are wanting to go. Seeking to find out how certain products worked for people who have used them is not the same as asking permission to buy. If for example only, your wife was involved in the sewing arts and was considering a new machine with advanced capabilities, wouldn't it be reasonable for her to ask other people who had used the machine how it worked for them. And beyond all this, I thought that this was a discussion forum where people discuss stuff much of which I find inane, but what you and I might find to be inane might be just the subject that interests someone else. Thanks.
Feb 12, 2022 19:54:40 #
mikeroetex wrote:
You owned a Pentax?
If this is meant for me, yes, I have owned new and vintage Pentaxes. No longer have the camera but still have a great landscape lens and one or two Pentax vintages ones. I have the 12-24 mm listed on UHH but no takers so far so I ordered a lens Pentax K to Fuji adapter and I will use it on the Fuji.
Feb 12, 2022 20:25:01 #
RodeoMan
Loc: St Joseph, Missouri
rcarol wrote:
I've never understood why it is that some members feel a need to seek permission from the community before making a major camera or lens purchase.
Maybe for them it is a big deal in their lives but there is no one in their circle of family and friends who are involved in photography so they reach out to this community to help them solidfy their thinking about getting a new piece of equipment.
Feb 12, 2022 20:34:48 #
Feb 12, 2022 20:47:38 #
suntouched wrote:
Listen Up- there is NO Shame in upgrading your ca... (show quote)
Nothing wrong with spending loads of cash updating or very little not updating. GAS is OK. Just don’t understand why some will ask others to decide what to buy for someone else without knowing anything about the person, shooting habits, etc. Nothing wrong with deciding for oneself. Should not be asking should I? unless they are paying for it. We are all adults on this journey.
Feb 12, 2022 21:13:42 #
Feb 12, 2022 21:30:43 #
rcarol wrote:
I've never understood why it is that some members feel a need to seek permission from the community before making a major camera or lens purchase.
I think you are mistaking reassurance with permission.
Feb 12, 2022 21:38:52 #
suntouched wrote:
If this is meant for me, yes, I have owned new and vintage Pentaxes. No longer have the camera but still have a great landscape lens and one or two Pentax vintages ones. I have the 12-24 mm listed on UHH but no takers so far so I ordered a lens Pentax K to Fuji adapter and I will use it on the Fuji.
LOL, you are too many pages behind your own post. It was a reply to Bebu who asked why no one ever asked him what equipment he needed next.
Feb 12, 2022 21:54:07 #
Feb 12, 2022 22:12:26 #
CanonPrinter1 wrote:
If it feels good, DO IT!
In the immortal words of Lennon-McCartney,
"Why don't we do it in the road?
Why don't we do it in the road?
Why don't we da-do it in the row-oh-oh-oh-oad?
Why don't we do it in the road?
No one will be watching us.
Why don't we do it in the road?"
That was probably my favorite song from The Beatles (White Album).
Why?
It was the ultimate piss-off the straight-laced parents song.
It was a primal scream of, "Let's have fun!"
It was bluesy.
It was piano.
It was so '60s counter-culture, even Tricia Nixon liked it.
It was just what millions of us needed to get our minds off the 'stuff' of the late 1960s.
It had nothing to do with upgrading equipment. But it felt good.
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Feb 12, 2022 22:41:55 #
bikinkawboy
Loc: north central Missouri
The only thing wrong with my Nikon DSLR’s is that they all look more or less alike. I can dig through my toy chest and pull out seven different SLR film cameras of four different brands. There are several different Polaroids, 620 film cameras ranging from bellows to ultra cheap Brownies, Argus, my dad’s Zeiss Ikon, crappy instamatics , etc. None are worth more than the cost of a family meal at Mc Donald’s, but it’s just fun to compare construction, ergonomics and so on. The same reason people go to old car shows. It’s fun.
Oh, one thing about Nikon, I can use any of my old Nikon film lenses on my D7000 and have auto exposure function. Can’t use any of the other film era lenses on modern cameras, even of the same brand.
Oh, one thing about Nikon, I can use any of my old Nikon film lenses on my D7000 and have auto exposure function. Can’t use any of the other film era lenses on modern cameras, even of the same brand.
Feb 12, 2022 22:50:26 #
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