Rob Studdert wrote:
On 31/03/2010, Brian Walters <[email protected]> wrote:
Yes - I discovered his blog a few months back - very refreshing approach
and he doesn't seem up himself like some others.
I find that article somewhat smug and condescending. Sure anyone can
exist with only a bottom line camera + kit zoom but frankly most
photographers seriously pursuing the hobby would soon run into the
limits of such a kit.
He recognizes that too, and if you read more of his stuff he reveals
that he most definitely isn't using a BOTLC+kit himself. :-)
A thought like yours went through my head after reading that, but in
thinking about it later I decided that what he's talking about is "The
Next Level". Everyone starts out by getting some gear and shooting for a
bit, then deciding that more gear is warranted, more shooting, more gear ...
Then most likely at some point down the road you reach a plateau where
as much as you are analyzing, reading and up-gearing, the less you are
improving. So, says David, just go out and shoot *with what you've got
then* (which could be a 645D for all we know) and concentrate on the art
and science of the image making process.
Anyway that's how I read it. And I've been doing just that for over 6
months now; just shooting with my K20D and usually the DA* 55.
Definitely not BOTLC+kit. Not poring over reviews and planning my next
purchase.[*] And I've been making progress too. I'm seeing stuff in
new ways and it's quite exciting.
Or I *was* making progress until all the hoopla about the 645D. Sigh. :-)
-bmw
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[*] OK, I did make a recent purchase. I got a roll-up mat for me to lie
on for plant/flower macros. Total outlay: $2 at a 2nd-hand store. I
didn't read any reviews; I may have been ripped-off.
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