On Apr 18, 2013, at 6:16 AM, Steve Cottrell <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 18/4/13, AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> In what ways do you foresee that you could better yourself as a >> photographer? Is it all about Pentax releasing the camera of your >> dreams, or do you have another muse for your creativity? > > Really, spending more time concentrating on the craft. That means going > out specifically to photograph, spending time editing, and then printing > (which to me is important - I see the final product as a paper print, > web pics as interim). I agree, and I've made literally thousands of prints, both optical and digital. I love printing. I have boxes full of prints, stacked everywhere in the house. I recently began discarding some that had o historic value in terms of my development or life and were simply not very good. > Unfortunately I don't have the mindset on at the > moment to be able to do that, even if I make the time. I don't see it > happening anytime soon, so it goes on back-burner until I can get it together. > > As for the type of picture taking, what I envision for that time when it > comes together is a small system of a couple of bodies, one with a > medium zoom and the other with a good fast prime on. I'm shying away > from DSLRs (although a FF Pentax and the A*85/1.4 would be an ideal > combo!) and would consider mirrorless - but must have optical > viewfinders. Hence my interest in Fuji. I've found the equipment to be far less important than the motivation, vision and process. Perhaps I'm merely a plodder, and If I were more artful I might require other cameras. But I find the K-5 and DA* lenses capable of doing anything I want. Full frame would be nice, but I can only print up to 13 x 19 at present, and the K-5 can achieve more resolution than is necessary to produce excellent prints at that size on the Epson 2880. And my publishing clients don't want more resolution than I can deliver now, so FF would be merely a new toy. Now that I'm self-employed I have to be careful about spending on toys. > > If Epson released an updated RD-1 type model I would find that about > perfect. I guess I should be embarrassed to admit that I don't know what an Epson RD-1 might be, but somehow I'm not. And if someone would give me one, I'm sure I could have fun with it, but I would never buy one. I've been shooting with SLRs for almost 50 years, and I can't imagine trying to work with something else. (Although I did shoot a pic for the Times with my phone the other day when I was posing as a consumer at a car dealership. Turned out pretty nice.) Paul > I may even still consider a couple of those bodies and some > lenses. Otherwise, an X100s and my X10 would cut it just fine. > > But I'm not there yet. > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ Broadcast, Corporate, > || (O) | Web Video Producion > ---------- <www.seeingeye.tv> > _____________________________ > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
