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D800/D800E
D300s->D600 or D800 upgrade path??
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<blockquote data-quote="STM" data-source="post: 153706" data-attributes="member: 12827"><p>AB-SO-LU-TE-LY</p><p></p><p>The camera/lens is but a recording device. You could have the best camera and lens available and still take absolutely crappy photos without a working knowledge of the basics of photography. On the other hand, a person who has mastered photography can take a masterful image with <em>far less camera and lens</em>. I have taken some beautiful images with my 60 year old Rolleiflex TLR and T-Max 100 120 film.</p><p></p><p>I took this photo of Crater Lake back in the mid 80's when you could still get Panatomic-X film in 120. I scanned the 6x6 negative with my Super Coolscan LS-8000. The Rolleiflex was on a tripod and I metered the scene with a Pentax 1° degree spot meter and using some good old tried and true Zone System principles. I held a 52mm 25A filter over the taking lens because I did not have any filters in 39mm diameter. That camera is really as bare bones basic as you can get, though it does have a very good Schneider Kreuznach Xenotar 75mm f/2.8 taking lens on it. So, even with a bare bones camera, you can still take some very good images if you have a good understanding of the photographic process. Certainly not my best work, but I am still proud of it nonetheless.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://scottmurphyphotography.org/images/craterlake.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>My tried and true, near mint condition (except the shutter speeds stick below 1/15 second) Rolleiflex 2.8E</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i1338.photobucket.com/albums/o690/photodotnet/Rolleiflex2_zpsb6fd1ce0.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="STM, post: 153706, member: 12827"] AB-SO-LU-TE-LY The camera/lens is but a recording device. You could have the best camera and lens available and still take absolutely crappy photos without a working knowledge of the basics of photography. On the other hand, a person who has mastered photography can take a masterful image with [I]far less camera and lens[/I]. I have taken some beautiful images with my 60 year old Rolleiflex TLR and T-Max 100 120 film. I took this photo of Crater Lake back in the mid 80's when you could still get Panatomic-X film in 120. I scanned the 6x6 negative with my Super Coolscan LS-8000. The Rolleiflex was on a tripod and I metered the scene with a Pentax 1° degree spot meter and using some good old tried and true Zone System principles. I held a 52mm 25A filter over the taking lens because I did not have any filters in 39mm diameter. That camera is really as bare bones basic as you can get, though it does have a very good Schneider Kreuznach Xenotar 75mm f/2.8 taking lens on it. So, even with a bare bones camera, you can still take some very good images if you have a good understanding of the photographic process. Certainly not my best work, but I am still proud of it nonetheless. [IMG]http://scottmurphyphotography.org/images/craterlake.jpg[/IMG] My tried and true, near mint condition (except the shutter speeds stick below 1/15 second) Rolleiflex 2.8E [IMG]http://i1338.photobucket.com/albums/o690/photodotnet/Rolleiflex2_zpsb6fd1ce0.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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