Jim
Ringleader
I notice the tag line for the group begins with let's talk cameras.
Cameras themselves are pretty boring these days, they are all pretty much the same. 40 years ago, there were always new things coming along, great strides in focusing, and exposure, but not any more they've all caught up with each other and the increments are tiny.
Over the years you might easily have said of me "All the gear, no idea" I bought my first camera in Hong kong; 43 years ago. A Canon AE1 Program and I've owned, most every Canon SLR ever made, Leica's, Hasselblad's, Rolleis. I've shot many thousands of rolls of film, and zillions of digital prints. I had a darkroom in every house we owned up until 2016.
We were at a family event in LA in the Summer and, of course, I took a camera with me. I took some very well exposed and composed photos using 60mb raw files, they were good. But the photo's my eldest daughter took on her iPhone were better, even though you can't isolate a subject on a phone, she caught the right moments and the physical quality of the photos are superb. I resolved to practice more on my phone.!['\](/forum/styles/default/xenforo//smilies/oldsmilies/bigGrin.gif "BigGrin '\")
Let's not talk cameras, let's talk photography. Oh and while we're talking photography, I'm a firm believer in the saying that a photograph isn't a photograph until it's printed.
Cameras themselves are pretty boring these days, they are all pretty much the same. 40 years ago, there were always new things coming along, great strides in focusing, and exposure, but not any more they've all caught up with each other and the increments are tiny.
Over the years you might easily have said of me "All the gear, no idea" I bought my first camera in Hong kong; 43 years ago. A Canon AE1 Program and I've owned, most every Canon SLR ever made, Leica's, Hasselblad's, Rolleis. I've shot many thousands of rolls of film, and zillions of digital prints. I had a darkroom in every house we owned up until 2016.
We were at a family event in LA in the Summer and, of course, I took a camera with me. I took some very well exposed and composed photos using 60mb raw files, they were good. But the photo's my eldest daughter took on her iPhone were better, even though you can't isolate a subject on a phone, she caught the right moments and the physical quality of the photos are superb. I resolved to practice more on my phone.
Let's not talk cameras, let's talk photography. Oh and while we're talking photography, I'm a firm believer in the saying that a photograph isn't a photograph until it's printed.
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