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Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: P�l Audun Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 6:36 AM Subject: Consume yourself happy with instant gratification (WAS: Silly Photo.net thread) > Doug wrote: > > >The > >Nikon/Canon camp then uses their community as "proof" that Nikon and Canon > >are the best for everyone, which is of course ludicrous. > > > I always been of the opinion the Photo.net would an excellent site for > research into blatant consumerism and the concept of branding. Sites like > photo.net are places were people can meet to get acknowledgement of their > consumption. The participant quite literally consume themselves happy in as > much as they get gratification and acknowledgements that they have bought > "the best" from fellow consumers, where the best is defined by group pressure. > Particularly the nature section of Photo.net show amazing conformity; the > "advice" is almost always without context and based on names and brands. We > are not only talking cameras here but even items like tripods, heads and > quick release plates where there really is only one option if you want to > be a worthy member of the club. > Many of the endorsed products are just OK but the whole thing is just > fashion. Much like fashion in other outdoor paraphernalia. The sporty > outdoor community is perhaps the most fashion prone out there is where > being seen with right brand of boots, tents and other gear is of extreme > importance. > On Photo.net you get the north American perspective on outdoor photography > gear fashion simply because the majority of participants are from the US. > It also something of a cultural shock for someone like me to read the > threads and the question posted. They are alien to me and I realise that > outdoor photography in the US is to a large extent a social enterprise > where being seen with equipment is the norm and downright important. When > photographer talk about dropping their lenses on asphalt while doing > wildlife photography and that they are in a crowd with other photographers, > I realise that wildlife photography means something different to them. I > mean, who on earth do wildlife photography on asphalt? To me it means being > out in the bush. Also, I never met another photographer, or even another > person, when out in the wild shooting. Hence, no one see my photographic > gear and I don't need to be embarrassed for using Pentax. > > > P�l > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
