jtwind

Most asking this question seem to be newbies and unsure of what they are doing. They think that photography is about the camera and lens and if they take or get the right one they are on their way! Good photos can be taken with most any camera or lens and hopefully they will learn that along with the fundamentals that will teach them that and also show them what sort of gear then need. Just learning and while it's sometimes a bit annoying they need the support and that's not a bad thing.

jtwind

Most asking this question seem to be newbies and unsure of what they are doing. They think that photography is about the camera and lens and if they take or get the right one they are on their way! Good photos can be taken with most any camera or lens and hopefully they will learn that along with the fundamentals that will teach them that and also show them what sort of gear then need. Just learning and while it's sometimes a bit annoying they need the support and that's not a bad thing.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

d2b2 Loc: Catonsville, Maryland, USA

While I see that same question over and over again, the issue to me is more about the questioner's inability to "search" past UHH posts, rather than the redundancies of the question, itself. (And I would not answer in such a cruel manner.) But the answer to most of those questions is next to impossible to provide in a competent way, because we know nothing about the questioner and his/her method of approaching the subject. One questioner correctly stated that he asked about the lens selection for a specific scenic area, because he did not know how close he might be able to get. That is a valid way to phrase the issue. Except we do not know whether he was on a bus and unable to leave the group to get a closer view; whether he is the type of person that just expects to get out of the car and snap a shot, versus the kind of person that is willing to walk fair distances, up and down steep hills, perhaps over somewhat rough terrain and maybe hop a fence or two... Without knowing this kind of detailed information, the answer could amount to books of information, in an effort to provide the most complete response. But the most valid retort to the original post here is, if you are fed up with a question like this, simply ignore it and go on to the next post.

d2b2 Loc: Catonsville, Maryland, USA

While I see that same question over and over again, the issue to me is more about the questioner's inability to "search" past UHH posts, rather than the redundancies of the question, itself. (And I would not answer in such a cruel manner.) But the answer to most of those questions is next to impossible to provide in a competent way, because we know nothing about the questioner and his/her method of approaching the subject. One questioner correctly stated that he asked about the lens selection for a specific scenic area, because he did not know how close he might be able to get. That is a valid way to phrase the issue. Except we do not know whether he was on a bus and unable to leave the group to get a closer view; whether he is the type of person that just expects to get out of the car and snap a shot, versus the kind of person that is willing to walk fair distances, up and down steep hills, perhaps over somewhat rough terrain and maybe hop a fence or two... Without knowing this kind of detailed information, the answer could amount to books of information, in an effort to provide the most complete response. But the most valid retort to the original post here is, if you are fed up with a question like this, simply ignore it and go on to the next post.

wanderingbear Loc: San Diego

I agree. !!!!!

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

Why does your rant have to be insulting, calling these people clowns? You seem to have a lot of experience with photography. Good for you. That is great. But you didn’t always have that experience did you? You learned these things as you went along by trying out different cameras and lenses.

People who ask such questions may be trying to start a conversation because they have no experience or are just trying to learn from the people with experience here on UHH. That would be you.

Who are you to dictate what equipment someone else should use for their photography journey? If you can’t spare a minute to answer a question nicely why would you answer at all.

Dennis

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

Even though I know exactly which lens I'm going to use, sometimes I'm surprised by which lens someone else uses to get great results. I've got a friend that is at the winters Olympics right now and he was photographing the Skeleton and in his blog told use which lenses he used. But the surprise was that the fisheye lens at 15mm was the lens that he got the best results with. I never would have thought to use a fisheye for that event. Learn something new every day.

Brent Rowlett Loc: Atlanta, GA

A lens with many focal lengths and elements will never take sharp pictures for enlargements or printing. Nothing beats a dedicated lens at a given focal length, i.e. 50mm, 85mm, 100mm lenses. When I travel, I take three lenses--all fast L Glass: 16-35mm f2.8, 24-70mm f2.8, and 70-200 f2.8. For studio portraits, nothing beats the 85mm f1.2 Canon tank...nothing.

Bob Boner

People on this site used to be a lot more helpful and sensitive to peoples feelings. Calling something a rant does not make it excusable .

gvarner Loc: Central Oregon Coast

Hauling around a bunch of lenses could just be an admission that there is no plan beforehand. Not that every outing should have a plan but it does help to keep your focus, no pun intended.

Nikon Shooter17 Loc: Glenwood, MN

Being an early learner here and soaking all this stuff / comments in all the sections in I will humbly offer my opinion for what it is worth...maybe not much due to my lack of experience but:

I have slowly improved my gear...moved up from a D3300 with 3 mid range lenses and traded into a D7200 and now own upper mid-range 3 lenses each with a purpose I believe.
A 10-24 Nikon, a 35 prime Nikon and today am trading this morning a couple of low ens lenses towards a Tamron 70-200 f2.8. The 10-24 I like to use getting out for landscapes or odd city scapes, the 35mm I simply love for Portraits and especially closer in head shots and am getting that 70-200 for football games and moving objects. I know they can be used for other things but I have paired down to just these 3 and feel good about it.
Someone said some just think they can buy great gear and be a photographer without learning...as a newbie I feel I fell into that trap for about 2 days. When I got the D7200 I sat down with the camera and the manual...over a few days I felt I was ready to attempt to pull things out of the camera...and it helped! But, the camera and the nice lenses don't compose the shot, pick the right settings for what you want the shot to look like....I learned pretty quick that if I want to take better shots I had to learn...enter this website and some knowledgeable folks here willing to share... I have learned more here in the last few months than I ever would have imagined.
Maybe thats why we see these types of questions...what lens to use, what settings etc.. maybe they are just learning there is more to the game than gear...from someone that started out with full on GAS and now have paired down..I get it. Now for my little rant, not that it is worth a hill of beans but....if a topic doen't interest you or are sick of replying to repeat questions simply move on without insulting someone, from a 20 year military very stiff loud mouth hard ass with no filter, I have learned that being nice is much easier than always being so rigid.....I am though finding it hard to move on from a strict tactician to an artistic frame of mind..itd in there...just got to keep changing...so ...there you have it..be nice, move on or help...it easier and feels better...just what I have learned

Bazbo Loc: Lisboa, Portugal

Somebody piss in your Wheaties his morning?

Do you know how easy it is to ignore posts like this? Try it.

Bill_de Loc: US

Are you sure? It is clearly marked "A". Why else would people buy those cameras when they have a perfectly good cell phone?







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