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KenRay wrote:
I can not disagree with a single point you make --- but-and there is always a but.. A Fiat 500 will get you from place to place as well as say an Alfa-Romeo and as far as pure transportation goes as well as a Lamborghini. But there is just a little something extra in the feel looks and performance that while taking a little more skill to extract gives immensely more pleasure. I find the same feeling of both use and pride of ownership with ProGrade equipment. I have been intimately associated with guns and shooting all my life (I am among other things a school trained gunsmith)and find the I actually shoot better with an expensive gun than a cheap one. It has been proven to my own satisfaction over and over. Just one old man's musings.
I don't disagree, but not owning a Lamborghini (much as I would like one, but will never afford), doesn't prevent me from enjoying the drive when I am on a nice road.
I treated myself to a D3s for my fortieth birthday two and a half years ago and have been spoilt by it since, but having less personal time than I used to I have found I'm actually using it less than I did my D200, which I took great joy in. No doubt the D3s takes a better image, but I will be unlikely to buy a top model again. Often if we go out I take the fuji x100 and would probably like to borrow my wife's D7000 more than she lets me.
I actually think for me more important than the camera you use is what inspires you take a photo.
For me I loved Sydney, I found it very beautiful and constantly strove to capture some of that beauty. Melbourne is not inspiring me in nearly the same way, although when my sister visited with my nephew and niece I was rarely without a camera in my hand.
My equipment mission for the time being is actually to spend less, but build up my lens collection. My next purchase will be some time in the future and will be a full frame wide angle lens.
More importantly my photography mission is to find inspiration again and start taking more photos. I would love to move back to Sydney, but I am realistically going to be in my current job for another eighteen months minimum, so I need to find inspiration in Melbourne.
The phrases "good enough" and "fit for purpose" spring to mind....because I too am using the wife's D7000 (with zoom lenses) and the X100 more and more.
That's mainly because my photography has changed to more casual, holiday, happy snapper mode. Sure one tries to get the best angle and composition. But too often the light is dictated by the time of day you happen to be there and the overal image appearance by the number of people in shot!
Nothing is worse than visiting supposed picturesque locations...to find yellow no parking lines, wheelie bins and sky dishes to spoil the image. Sure they can be digitised out...but even I am starting to say why bother?
The truth is we need a project to focus our finer photographer skills. Like Eds insects, Roberts flowers, there needs to be more than just recording an event.
Until I discover a new challenge, my D3 will be consigned to periodic work shoots. I have two next week....so after not using it for 6weeks I better get it out and remember how to use it.
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Eric