Too much agonizing over little things

Perhaps you make a point, but I think that audiophiles (for example) that obsess over silly pointless things, as opposed to trying to listen to music are guilty of the same thing.

Sure, you can like the finely crafted camera and tripod and whatever.  I really think my C1 head is amazing piece of engineering and I've dragged it out to show some machinist friends who were similarly impressed.  But it has to be functional as a tripod head to be 'beautiful'.  Otherwise it's just sculpture.

It's perfectly subjective of course and whatever floats your boat.  But if you're outside taking pictures of the sunset (as opposed to hanging out in the basement posting on DPR), then presumably you have some interest in the final product.

Personally, I like photography because it embraces both the gear head in my and my artistic side, pathetic that it is.  Now, where did that B&H catalog get to?

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RG www.lostrange.com