Originally posted by Blue The thing about being "King of the Hill" is that eventually, someone knocks the King off unless his name is Elvis or Jimmie Morrison.
Also, photographers are never 'Kings.' The sooner anyone, including camera companies, learns that, the happier they'll be, and the better the photos, too.
I mean, the thing about people defining themselves by what brand makes enough dumbed-down stuff to take the loss on 'pro' cameras they take a loss on to sell more dumbed-down cameras is...
If you love photography, you may well want to turn 'pro.' If you make it, you're lucky if the first paycheck arrives before you're working to be *not* pro again.
Filthy lucre can in fact soil things.
It's not like on TV: it's a job everyone thinks they can do, but always has a complaint for. They think life is like on TV and all you have to do is hit 'pause' on the pre-packeaged video life they think they're having. You can't live (or even break even' on expecting a camera to be your infallible 'pause' button.
The old adage, 'F8 and be there,' may not work so well, especially with digital, but if you can't 'be there' the rest doesn't matter.
Good tech does good things, but it's no good to you if either *you* aren't there, or *it* ain't there.
Last edited by Ratmagiclady; 01-09-2009 at 03:49 PM.