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"You must have a really good camera" [slight rant]

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IMO a very nice sentiment! It's exactly like that I have chosen to view my photography - I do it for me, and when someone else likes it I just get happy :)
Todd Meucci said:
Every great song in musical history, I feel, was at some level the
most beneficial to the song writer; photography is no different.
Earthlight said:
Hi guys and gals,

I know I'm beating a horse that's been dead for nearly a century
already, but I have got to vent.

Within two days, as people look at my photos, I have heard twice the
comment "you must have a really good camera!".

What will they say once I upgrade to 5DMkII? Most of them should
probably hyperventilate immediately upon realising what an
extraordinary camera I used to capture the image. ;)

Well, you know, how many people does it take to capture one
extraordinary photo?

The answer is 50. One takes the shot and 49 say "I could have done
it" (provided they had the same camera I suppose...).

Earthlight

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Not to mention a wonderful Ego Shield :D kidding...

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Sezzi said:
IMO a very nice sentiment! It's exactly like that I have chosen to
view my photography - I do it for me, and when someone else likes it
I just get happy :)
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Hi,

I took some nice photo's of my friends's daughter and when he was looking through them he said "Man, that camera takes a great picture". My immediate reponse was "Yeah I was lucky I was there to press the shutter". He looked at me oddly and then broke out laughing. He knew the point I was making.

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if you don't worry about getting the credit for it.

And the 18-40-60 rule

At 18, you deeply worry about what people think of you. At 40 you no longer care what people think about you. At 60, you learn the sad truth, no one spends their time thinking about you.

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Yes, I know it's the photographer that makes or breaks the photo, and I've heard the same statement you're ranting about.

People are not trying to insult you, they just dont know any better. Take it as a compliment of your wise purchasing decision.

Anyway, the camera DOES matter. Just as in cooking the pots and pans DO matter. What tastes better, a microwave meal or a meal using quality tools and ingredients?

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Couldn't agree more and it really gets my goat this issue!
;)
John Storjohann said:
grin Just wait until a friend that has made that comment has had
you over for a meal...and afterwards, say "Wow...that was great. You
must have REALLY nice pots and pans!".

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Keep chasing the light!

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John_N said:
Yes, I know it's the photographer that makes or breaks the photo, and
I've heard the same statement you're ranting about.
People are not trying to insult you, they just dont know any better.
Take it as a compliment of your wise purchasing decision.

Anyway, the camera DOES matter. Just as in cooking the pots and pans
DO matter. What tastes better, a microwave meal or a meal using
quality tools and ingredients?
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It's amazing how all the recipe cooking times make sense once you begin using copper pans.

Even as a newby photographer I could tell there was far more to work with when I saw my first 5D image.
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Earthlight said:
Within two days, as people look at my photos, I have heard twice the
comment "you must have a really good camera!".
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It's just their way of saying "great pic!" while wishing they could shoot that well (and deluding themselves that they might, if only they had your camera).
Earthlight said:
What will they say once I upgrade to 5DMkII?
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"You must have a really good camera!"

Forgive them, for they know not what they say...

(BTW, every kind of artist has to deal with their particular stupid comments. Whenever it comes up in conversation that I'm a published novelist, like every other novelist I've spoken to, I have to deal with, "Is it fiction or non-fiction?" You just want to say, "Look up 'novel' in the dictionary and get back to me... idiot.")
 
I have faced this situation number of times. Photograpy, especially wildlife photography is equipment intensive. However, if you have vision, then you can click stuff that others can't. Composition is independent of equipment.

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isn't it just the other side of the coin: "this stupid camera is over/ under exposing"?

When we take photos, we tend to say " we have managed to capture a great moment, we made good photo, etc."
when we miss, its the damn camera again interfering with our creativity.

(btw, I'm talking from my experience. YMMV)

R
 
Like other forms of art, the merit of a photograph is in the eye of the beholder. But sad thing is most people who say such things wouldn't recognise a "good photograph" if it smacked them in the face anyway.

I too find such comments irritating, uninformed etc., etc., but even when they do 'get the point', I don't think they really believe it! And they're not the sort of people who would appreciate any kind of photography enough to buy it...

"After all, what skill can be in creating anything that only takes 1/1000th sec..." :-|

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Earthlight said:
What will they say once I upgrade to 5DMkII? Most of them should
probably hyperventilate immediately upon realising what an
extraordinary camera I used to capture the image. ;)
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But is the 5DII going to help you take better images?
  • No -> then why do you upgrade?
  • Yes -> then they will be right...
Just pulling your leg. :-)

Cheers,
Bernard
 
people can't tell the difference between a D100, D1x, 5D, Sony V3 or whatever I used though they do say "great pictures, you must have a really great camera".

I find it's a bit laborious to say: "actually I have been taking photos for 20 years, took home study courses, worked as an assistant to studio photographers and camera clubs, sold work and had images published, process and printed colour and mono films and prints in the days of 35mm and 6x7cm, travel to great locations, spend time working out vantage points and "where the light is coming from", study the manual and spend time familiarising myself with new camera bodies and lenses (which is getting more often, these days...) and finally carefully edit my photos carefully, picking only the best for content, exposure, framing and crop as well as possible for printing. Plus I use the minimum of post processing I can use (maybe a little tweaking of saturation and unsharp mask) and I ALWAYS shoot RAW.

Mind you why bother with all that, all I need is a "great camera"......!

Malc
 
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