Yep, another camera is in my collection. This time, it’s a black body Russian FED-2…
Some work needs to be done on its second shutter curtain, but I can’t wait to use this one.
Archive for September, 2007
So, you’re on holiday. You’re visiting a quaint little resort, not festering with touts, sellers, etc. It’s night-time, you decide to get some night-time photos. What’s the most useful bit of equipment you, a profeshernul, will attach to your CaNikOlympuSony DSLR?
You guessed it… the lens hood.
Why? What’s going to cause horrific amounts of lensflare at night?
To take the best digital photos you must buy the most expensive dslr (the more megapixels, the better), get all the electronic trickery available (including all anti-shake equipment), get the most expensive tripod and bag, get as many battery grips as humanly possible, and buy all the lenses (the best currently being made) available as soon as possible. Get the biggest media cards available, get a few, then get an imagebank too… you don’t know if you’ll run out of media card space, do you?
Once that’s done, look (and sneer) at your fellow photgraphers, those without the Nikon and Canon equipment. You’ve spent loads, so you’re guaranteed the best photos, right? You’ve a gaping hole in your bank balance to prove you’re guaranteed excellent photos, surely others will be in awe of your photos… no matter how blurry they might be.
When do you realise how daft that is? When your countless photos all have a tilting horizon? Trees growing out of peoples heads? Objects in the way of the subjects? Best go buy more stuff… art packages, guaranteed to make your average photos become masterpieces. Make sure you get the most expensive again, because that’ll do it all… right?
Still no good? Hmm… use raw then. You’re a profeshernul, and pro’s use raw, right? Time to go shopping again… raw image conversion software this time. Again, the sky’s the limit with the budget, no point in penny pinching is there? This is a good time to justify that imagebank, so take numerous shots of the same image. Still not quite right? No problems, “hdr” is the way ahead. Looks like you’ll be spending some more money on hdr software too. And as practice makes perfect, you’re best now learning how to use the stuff. How do I get that background blurry?
Sorry… did I forget to say that you need to know how the camera and all that software handles? I suppose now you’ll have to get some experience with all th… wait… did I just say “experience”? How much does that cost?
Funny really… all the above is from observing other people. Hmm.
