Just sayin'
Dec 23, 2018 11:40:02 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
LOL, well I gave away the sx50 a couple of months ago and sold my Canon gear. Keeping the M4/3's and their lenses 'til I die. PM me your name and I will include you in my will 
Linda I am set for photographic equipment but please keep me in mind if you happen to have any firearms, knives or fly rods/reels.
Have a great day and a very Merry Christmas. I always appreciate your comments. If I still travelled the I-90 corridor through the Ellensburg area I would hope to buy you lunch or a cup of coffee and maybe do some photography together. Unfortunately not in the immediate future but life can change.
Dennis
Dec 23, 2018 11:41:34 #
Dec 23, 2018 11:54:55 #
rgrenaderphoto wrote:
You can take award winning images with your iPhone. Gear is meaningless, it is the eye behind the viewfinder that makes the difference.
Can I hear an AMEN!?
Dec 23, 2018 11:55:54 #
I own lots of the top cameras and lenses totaling to about $100k. I'm no better or worse than anyone else but I do have the equipment and experience to get the job done. As a paid professional, I don't get to wine that I don't have the proper equipment because if that's the case, and it happens, I don't take the job. A good example is that I do not yet own a Drone, but I sure am considering it as I keep getting more and more requests for jobs that would require one. As another example, when shooting football under the lights, either High School of Collage, you need a body such as a D5 and a lens such as a 400/2.8. That combined with my 51+ years of experience (started when I was 13) is what gets me paid. I won't apologize for what I do have, but I will happily share what I've learned and/or what I think. Happy Hollidays and Happy Shooting to ALL!
Dec 23, 2018 11:58:54 #
LWW
Loc: Banana Republic of America
nadelewitz wrote:
Is it not possible that "good" photograp... (show quote)
Iām a semi retired former pro and have never bought a $500 tripod, $160 L bracket or $150 filter.
Dec 23, 2018 12:20:04 #
Jimmy T wrote:
I guess that I am one of the folks that you are ta... (show quote)
Well said.
ššš
Dec 23, 2018 12:36:49 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
I agree with rplain that respondents often ask for... (show quote)
Proof is in the pudding. Linda has spoken with visual evidence.
Dec 23, 2018 12:42:25 #
Agreed with all here.
Even since I started shooting sports and BIF, more as a sometimes-paying hobby than anything else, I've often wondered about the advisability of going with the 10fps cameras and the snap-focus more-light gathering glass, unless I was shooting for a lot more money than I'm getting now, or at night to those funky mercury vapor or other intermittent light sources, etc., when only one of those cameras will do.
But even then, something like a D810 and a faster 80-200 is probably all I'd need. Somehow 10fps feels to me like I could just get out my 4.6k video camera and shoot 60fps, and just pick a frame out of that footage.
In another place and time, that wouldn't be considered cricket, not at all.
If I were shooting full-time for Sports Illustrated, though...
Even since I started shooting sports and BIF, more as a sometimes-paying hobby than anything else, I've often wondered about the advisability of going with the 10fps cameras and the snap-focus more-light gathering glass, unless I was shooting for a lot more money than I'm getting now, or at night to those funky mercury vapor or other intermittent light sources, etc., when only one of those cameras will do.
But even then, something like a D810 and a faster 80-200 is probably all I'd need. Somehow 10fps feels to me like I could just get out my 4.6k video camera and shoot 60fps, and just pick a frame out of that footage.
In another place and time, that wouldn't be considered cricket, not at all.
If I were shooting full-time for Sports Illustrated, though...
Dec 23, 2018 12:51:55 #
rgrenaderphoto wrote:
You can take award winning images with your iPhone. Gear is meaningless, it is the eye behind the viewfinder that makes the difference.
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Dec 23, 2018 12:54:15 #
Dec 23, 2018 13:07:01 #
Alafoto
Loc: Montgomery, AL
Linda From Maine wrote:
I agree with rplain that respondents often ask for... (show quote)
Wow, beautiful work! Many of us could not have done better with top of the line camera and lenses.
Dec 23, 2018 13:11:33 #
Alafoto
Loc: Montgomery, AL
Jimmy T wrote:
Not my intent to hijack this thread. I must say that I look up to both Gene and Linda for their civility, and always providing great technical and practical photographic information. Thank you both for ALL that you do!
Agreed. Kudos to both.
Dec 23, 2018 13:26:20 #
camshot
Loc: Peterborough ontario Canada
Right om Linda, and yes that Canon Sx50 is amazing for the cost. I use a Canon 5Dmk2, but often take the Sx50 out and it always amazes me what it can do, and with a very long reach when needed.
Dec 23, 2018 13:32:16 #
rgrenaderphoto wrote:
You can take award winning images with your iPhone. Gear is meaningless, it is the eye behind the viewfinder that makes the difference.
This the very thing I proved to myself (again). I found some Kodacolor film in my fridge (no comments on frequency of fridge cleaning {;o) and broke out my Minolta camera. I sent the film to The Darkroom, and the images I got were awful! Out of focus, heads lopped off, crooked horizon, shooting into the sun for fall pictures, on and on. All due to Pilot error! I needed a delete button.. Marilyn
Dec 23, 2018 13:42:52 #
quote=BlueMorel]I am not a pro, never will be one, and won't progress to the level of some of the better photographers here. I don't have a limitless budget, either, so my total outlay so far is about $1200 for camera and equipment over 5 years and not planning on adding much more. But I'm happy with what I got and the contest I'm running is me against myself - how can I get the best out of what I have. I look other people's fine work and it gives me benchmarks to aim for, but it's sort of like watching an excellent performer - I get my enjoyment from their output but also e njoy my own efforts, and I am not pitch perfect by any means.
That's why I like UHH - it is full of people at all skill levels and buying power, pros and amateurs, bush league like me and major league, people who have big bucks and people on social security budgets. There's a place here for all of us.[/quote]
Well said, Blue Morel. I have about the same investment as you and don't feel that my pictures would be greatly improved if I just threw more money into equipment. My camera is a Nikon D3100 and so long as it's capabilities exceed my own I really don't need biggerbetterfaster
That's why I like UHH - it is full of people at all skill levels and buying power, pros and amateurs, bush league like me and major league, people who have big bucks and people on social security budgets. There's a place here for all of us.[/quote]
Well said, Blue Morel. I have about the same investment as you and don't feel that my pictures would be greatly improved if I just threw more money into equipment. My camera is a Nikon D3100 and so long as it's capabilities exceed my own I really don't need biggerbetterfaster
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