Talking about kit is tedious... ?

ade_mcfade

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8 Mar 2011 - 1:36 PM

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We've all got kit, be it a nokia phone or a Hass H3.

Its nice to have, better kit is nicer to have than poor kit. Kit is being upgraded a lot too - so what was new kit today is old kit tomorrow.

That's about as far as I like to go with the "kit" conversation.

When out taking photos, you will see me glaze over and walk off if you start going on and on about the latest news from Canon about their new mega-dooby-wooby-XXX-ultra-high-iso-5D.

Show me a fantastic building, waterfall, model - talk about ideas for shoots - talk about lighting patterns which have worked - talk about the excitement of a previous shoot - talk passionately about "photography" and taking photos - maybe talking about the new world of possibilies which some kit opens for you is worth discussing too

But are you like me and find kit talk just really dull and pointless, or is it what you like about photography?


It's like "ok, you're thinking of getting the new canon 10-100 F1.8 - good for you - but WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH IT? "

Carabosse (e2 Member)

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8 Mar 2011 - 1:47 PM

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Quote: WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH IT?

Casually mention your ownership of it at dinner parties - you don't need to actually use it!

jken

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8 Mar 2011 - 1:49 PM

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Saw you wandering around Focus yesterday Ade, Pete confirmed it was you, you were just off to meet BigBri. Should have said hello, but i was ready to kill after being bumped and pushed by all them photographers.

Kit talk - No, Just taking pictures - Yes

Next time.

jken

randomrubble

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8 Mar 2011 - 1:53 PM

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Oh, I forgot to mention that it's absolutely essential to shoot some test targets to make sure the New Thing really is sharper than the Old Thing, before putting it away until the Even Newer Thing makes the New Thing into the Old Thing...

peterjones (e2 Member)

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8 Mar 2011 - 1:54 PM

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I think I will carry my old (near 20 yrs) Hasselblad 500 C/M tomorrow around Focus not as male jewellery, not to take photographs; it is built like a brick outhouse and anyone who dares bump into it will know about it

There .... I talked about kit again

Peter.

Big Bri

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8 Mar 2011 - 1:56 PM

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What pissed me off were all the people wearing backpacks, who don't mind turning round and smashing it into you, but who get snotty when you then use said backpack to remove them from your vicinity.....

Big Bri

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8 Mar 2011 - 2:08 PM

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Having a solid box holding a very heavy tripod head swinging at knee height helps tremendously in those situations...

JackAllTog (e2 Member)

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8 Mar 2011 - 2:09 PM

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After spending years getting to a decent kit level, yes you do eventually realise its mostly NOT the kit but the Tog.
But indulge us geeks a bit when we say i've finally got a high ISO capable camera, with fast focus and 25 fps video and stills Until then i've being imagining all the shots i may have got if only the kit could deliver it - saves blaming myself.

When finally we realise that every shoot is its own project with its own constraints to work within, then we realise that the kit no longer matters.
All we need to do then is learn to take the time to take the best shot that's there to be taken.

Yes i did build my own computer from scratch, using an Intel 8085 processor, 64k of AMD EPROM, and 32k of Hitachi SRAM, with an Altera PLD for the address decoding and logic....zzzzzzzzzzzz.