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<blockquote data-quote="STM" data-source="post: 287895" data-attributes="member: 12827"><p>An excellent and talented photographer can make a excellent image using even average equipment. One of the thing that I find so hilarious, and sad at the same time, about digital photography is the obsession of so many people with megapixels and auto functions. All that techie bullcrap does not amount to a puddle of spit when it is compared to true artistic ability. Some of the most iconic photographic images ever taken were made with decidedly "low tech" fully manual film cameras and a exposure meter, PERIOD. Adams, Cunningham, Steiglitz, Weston, Cartier-Bresson et all, did not need all that high tech s**t because the were artists who were masters of their craft They did not rely on a machine to do all of the thinking and a lot of the work for them. They used their BRAINS nstead of some program written by an engineer. A hundred years from now their images will still be iconic whereas 99.9% of digital "photographs" will have been completely forgotten</p><p></p><p>I will take my decidedly low tech Nikkormat FT3 and (some) 30+ year old manual AIS lenses and color or B&W film and produce images that blow the doors off of over 95% of the images made by techies with D800's and AF Nikkors. Why? Because I have a decidedly better understanding of the true photographic process than over 95% of the people who are obsessed with their megapixel and auto everything equipment. Honestly? I could get rid of my D700 and really not miss it except for the convenience and speed it has over film when doing commercial or modeling work. That is the only disadvantage they have as far as I am concerned.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="STM, post: 287895, member: 12827"] An excellent and talented photographer can make a excellent image using even average equipment. One of the thing that I find so hilarious, and sad at the same time, about digital photography is the obsession of so many people with megapixels and auto functions. All that techie bullcrap does not amount to a puddle of spit when it is compared to true artistic ability. Some of the most iconic photographic images ever taken were made with decidedly "low tech" fully manual film cameras and a exposure meter, PERIOD. Adams, Cunningham, Steiglitz, Weston, Cartier-Bresson et all, did not need all that high tech s**t because the were artists who were masters of their craft They did not rely on a machine to do all of the thinking and a lot of the work for them. They used their BRAINS nstead of some program written by an engineer. A hundred years from now their images will still be iconic whereas 99.9% of digital "photographs" will have been completely forgotten I will take my decidedly low tech Nikkormat FT3 and (some) 30+ year old manual AIS lenses and color or B&W film and produce images that blow the doors off of over 95% of the images made by techies with D800's and AF Nikkors. Why? Because I have a decidedly better understanding of the true photographic process than over 95% of the people who are obsessed with their megapixel and auto everything equipment. Honestly? I could get rid of my D700 and really not miss it except for the convenience and speed it has over film when doing commercial or modeling work. That is the only disadvantage they have as far as I am concerned. [/QUOTE]
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