I was thinking…

[OldClicker]

Just some thoughts on a rainy, cold, dreary Chicago day:

We had a competition meeting recently of the local camera club and I figured out one of the things that really attracts me to the club. We viewed and discussed over 100 prints, slides and digital projections and I did not hear a camera brand mentioned once. There may have been some bantering about one captured on film or a question about if a shorter portrait lens was used on this one, but in general, nobody cared what you shot it with - just what you shot.

Which brings me to why I like this forum so much more than all the rest. We discuss photographs and how to make them better. Sure we discuss the tools used and what tool may better capture what we are trying to get. But we have very little of turning that around and first specifying the tool required for a certain kind of shot. This rare (and not just in photography) and I hope we work hard at keeping it this way. And I think this is even more important when it comes giving advise to beginners (like me six months ago).

Off the soap box.

TF

[Frog]

Totally agree and why I've stuck around.
Most of the mine's better than yours is good natured banter.
But if you think photographers are bad, you should visit a gun forum sometime.

[JamesV]

Like Frog mentioned that is a very good reason to stick around here. Not a lot of beating on the chest, my is better then yours kind of thing.

OC, more thinking since it's going to rain all day today...

Frog, good thing about the gun site that I go to it's a specific brand so that limits that. Only then you run into the caliber beating..

James

[OldClicker]

OC, more thinking since it's going to rain all day today...

James

When I took the dog out at 5 this morning, there was a small muskrat swimming across my lawn. - TF

[JamesV]

So you have a "in-ground pool", sweet... :lol:

Yea my dog acts like it's not pouring out and just wonders around...

James

[Didache]

OldClicker. I couldn't agree more. I have been a member of my camera club for over five years now and have NEVER heard "this brand is better than that brand" even once. Sure, there are discussions about certain types of equipment ("A macro lens would have helped here", etc) but that's all. The image is what counts, not the label on the camera.

And I too am glad that this same attitude is largely what we see here on PR: the image is the key, not the brand. The camera is a tool and that's all. Long may it continue.

After all, for virtually all of us, the brand we use, whatever it is, usually has considerably more capability than we have talent!

Cheers
Mike

[Grandpaw]

OldClicker.

After all, for virtually all of us, the brand we use, whatever it is, usually has considerably more capability than we have talent!

Cheers
Mike

I know in my case this is very true. I am hoping to get a D90 so I can have more ISO capability and then plan on concentrating solely on technique with lighting being at the top of the list. I am a firm believer that the person behind the camera has the biggest impact on how the picture comes out and NOT the equipment. I just do not think I need a expensive camera to get a great picture. On the other hand I have seen many a $2.00 picture taken with a $5,000 camera, Jeff

[EOSThree]

That is a nice feature of this board, very few my system is better than your system type posts. I have to admit I have gotten in some slightly heated discussions when others try to push their system. I think every system is very capable of taking fine photographs, everyone just needs to work within the constraints of their particular system.