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Bumped into a Pro, a real one i think.
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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 342244" data-attributes="member: 9240"><p>I've obviously got my fair share of advice and opinion from my brother, who has been shooting news as a pro for over two decades. What I get from him is this...</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It doesn't matter what name is across the top, it matters that the people behind the name support the product, and one company is head and shoulders above the other in that regard (which is why I can't borrow his equipment).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The equipment has to work well and produce results straight out of the camera. News photographers are shooting JPEG 90+% of the time (most 100%), so color, noise, and exposure need to be spot on because photos are meant to be sent in, not tweaked for hours when you're on a deadline. I suspect Rick's guy <em>should</em> have read the manual, if only to learn how to set that thing to get properly lit shots SOOC. <em>Every</em> camera has its idiosyncrasies, and my brother spends hours learning his equipment so it does exactly what he needs it to.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Newspapers do not replace equipment, they repair it until it no longer functions.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Photographers do not baby their stuff. The bulk of his newspaper gear lives in his trunk (which has 2 extremely thick chains and locks bolting it shut should the car's own lock be pried open), because it would take him 20 minutes to unload and another 20 to reload every day, and "who the hell wants to do that".</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Combine the two points above and you know why that 70-200mm looked like it did.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Older guys are slower to adapt, so when they get used to one thing they like to bitch a lot when they get something new to learn.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">News photographers like to bitch a lot anyway even when they don't have something new to learn.</li> </ul><p></p><p>I could go on, but suffice it to say that the equipment we obsess over make up the tools that these guys use to do their jobs. They obsess and know all the stuff we know, and more (or at least should), so they know when something new does something they haven't been able to do. But they could care less what DxOMark says about it if it doesn't deliver the way they need it to.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 342244, member: 9240"] I've obviously got my fair share of advice and opinion from my brother, who has been shooting news as a pro for over two decades. What I get from him is this... [LIST] [*]It doesn't matter what name is across the top, it matters that the people behind the name support the product, and one company is head and shoulders above the other in that regard (which is why I can't borrow his equipment). [*]The equipment has to work well and produce results straight out of the camera. News photographers are shooting JPEG 90+% of the time (most 100%), so color, noise, and exposure need to be spot on because photos are meant to be sent in, not tweaked for hours when you're on a deadline. I suspect Rick's guy [I]should[/I] have read the manual, if only to learn how to set that thing to get properly lit shots SOOC. [I]Every[/I] camera has its idiosyncrasies, and my brother spends hours learning his equipment so it does exactly what he needs it to. [*]Newspapers do not replace equipment, they repair it until it no longer functions. [*]Photographers do not baby their stuff. The bulk of his newspaper gear lives in his trunk (which has 2 extremely thick chains and locks bolting it shut should the car's own lock be pried open), because it would take him 20 minutes to unload and another 20 to reload every day, and "who the hell wants to do that". [*]Combine the two points above and you know why that 70-200mm looked like it did. [*]Older guys are slower to adapt, so when they get used to one thing they like to bitch a lot when they get something new to learn. [*]News photographers like to bitch a lot anyway even when they don't have something new to learn. [/LIST] I could go on, but suffice it to say that the equipment we obsess over make up the tools that these guys use to do their jobs. They obsess and know all the stuff we know, and more (or at least should), so they know when something new does something they haven't been able to do. But they could care less what DxOMark says about it if it doesn't deliver the way they need it to. [/QUOTE]
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