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Having to pay US$5,000 for Nikon's best DSLR (D3), when their top of the line film SLR (F6) goes for US$1,600. So much for advances in digital technology...
Having to know Photoshop (or PaintShop, or Elements, or Lightzone, or...) to be able to produce a good photograph. I wonder what Ansel Adams did without Adobe...
Having to shoot sometimes hundreds of photos to capture that special moment. I wonder what the percentage of "keepers" is for top photographers...
Having to deal with people's hyper sensitivities regarding shooting in certain public places: Maybe he is spying. Let's call the police...
Having both Nikon and Cannon cameras, why can't I just use the lenses from one in the other? I'm not sure the light passing through the glass elements will care...
Having to listen to camera manufacturers that my 3 year old, 6 mega pixel DSLR, is no longer good enough and that I need the latest and greatest one that is about to be released, when in reality the camera takes photos just as good now as it did when I bought it. What am I missing here?
What "gets to you" in photography?
Post a comment and let me know.
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When I shoot panoramas, the camera sits on top of a Bogen - Manfrotto 055XB tripod with a Bogen-Manfrotto 488RC4 Midi Ball Head using the RC4 Rapid Connect System.
Why did I chose this tripod combination?
The ideal tripod is light, solid and cheap. Unfortunately, and to...11-30-2007, 10:01 AM -
One tool that I mentioned you didn't have to have, even still I keep repeating that I couldn't live without it, is a tripod.
Tripods make your pano shooting experience much, much easier than if shooting by hand.
All the reasons why one would use a tripod to shoot any photo,...11-27-2007, 09:35 AM -
This is an interesting admission from Olympus.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13580_3-10189546-39.html
What u think?
Do you feel 12 megapixels is enough for what you do most of the time and the most important factors are indeed low light noise, color and dynamic range?...03-05-2009, 08:39 PM -
My old dig. camera finally met it's end a while back, after being dropped on the floor at work! I am now in the market for a new camera and would like something that can take a beating. In other words, if I throw it into the back of my pack and go for a bike ride on very rough trails for 4 hours (perhaps...01-03-2004, 01:15 PM
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Every so often it hits me. Time zips by and I forget to eat, ignore my cats' insistence on a head-rub, and only get up to visit the bathroom. Am I researching useful info on presidential candidates, or locating examples of living-wills for my relatives? Nope, just visiting DPreview, Imaging Resources,...11-11-2007, 03:21 AM
Regarding camera resolution: the resolution is even LESS of an issue if you shoot panos since once the images are stitched, you end up with the equivalent photo of a 16 or 20 mega pixel camera.
Regarding the adapters: off course you are right. I could buy an adapter that would do the trick. The problem is that sometimes the "foreign" lens is not recognized by the camera, sometimes you lose auto focus, sometimes auto metering is gone... it is always a hack...
One interesting detail regarding my number of keepers: I get at least twice as many with the tripod than hand held. This has nothing to do with hand held photos being blurred or "shaky". It seems to be the fact that when I take the time to select the spot, set the tripod, mount the camera, install the remote control cable, review exposure and white balance... I slow down... and pay more attention to the details, the light, the composition, the color etc... and I also shoot a LOT less frames...
Have you notice anything similar to this?
The first and foremost thing that gets to me in photography has nothing to do with photography and everything to do with life. You see, it just gets in the way sometimes.
Mostly it is the latter of the three. Where I usually go, it pays to be on the buddy system. We have rugged hills, poisonous critters, nasty bugs, rabid skunks........... Did I mention isolated? Wouldn't want to get in trouble in them thar woods...alone.
I absolutely LOVE shooting digital. I've saved more money than I've spent just in film and processing costs alone. I feel I'm a better photographer now than ever. Viva la digital! Who cares how many pixels as long at it does what you want!
As for keepers: About 3-5 in a 150. The culling process began in earnest when I ran out of hard drive space the first time. Notice I said the first time.
Replying to the subject of this blog, I love panos. My contest entry for this month (Jan 08) is a pano. Enjoy.