2: Enthusiasts/Ametures-
[snip]
Caring about both the picture but also the camera are important (in
varying proportions of course) to this group.
[snip]
Most professionals and non-pro "artists" do care about the camera body and
even more about lens(es), but not much about brand. It's about performance
and ability to create the visualized (desired) photographs with it.
3: Artist/Photographer- A small category of which Ansel Adams represents
the ideal in most cases.
[snip]
Glad you at least said "most." Adams has his detractors also (I'm not
necessarily one of them). For them, they can fill in the name of their
ideal photographer (Cartier-Bresson, W. E. Smith, Steiglitz, Strand, Capa,
etc.). Anyway, it's the idea that counts. :-)
I feel that it's alright to be a camera buff just so long as you don't
lose sight of the purpose of what all this stuff is supposed to be used
for. If that happens your on the road to collecting shrinkwrapped Leicas
that commemorate everthing from the 10,000th changing of the guard in
front of Buckingham palace to the first word of the Nigerian PM daughter
(one of
only 50 made!). ;)
We do need some "museum curators" to save a few examples for future
generations to appreciate the "hard work" we had to do in making photographs.
If it weren't so sad I'd find amusing the "status symbol, image conscious"
who believe the camera makes the photograph and merely needs a shutter
release operator to hold it, as exemplified here:
http://johnlind.tripod.com/tips.html
If they only knew the image they're after is exemplified here:
http://www.cameraquest.com/imagecon.htm
[yes, a Nik*n, but it's the point that counts; I could do the same with
an OM]
-- John
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