Ever have photography related dreams?

6BQ5 · 10-23-2014, 07:39 AM

I had one that I remember as being weird but I only remember one scene of it. It was an outdoor scene, golden hour, and I was photographing a landscape or something. I remember shooting with my FA 43mm what must have been a FF digital body. After snapping the photo I said, "Wow, I can't believe I used to give up all those pixels." It's an odd thing to say.

You?

magkelly · 10-23-2014, 08:35 AM

Yeah. Quite frequently actually. I'm always snapping something in my dreams. Last time I was at some spot trying to get a shot of the landscape, had been working on it for a while trying to get just the perfect shot, and then a whole bus of people pulled up and unloaded behind me and started clicking with their cell phones and their tablets. I was a little annoyed, lol.

VisualDarkness · 10-23-2014, 09:27 AM

Dreams? More like nightmares.

**mattb123** · 10-23-2014, 09:41 AM

Yeah, my photo dreams are usually a very important shoot where I'm missing a critical piece. Like having everything except the camera, or having the camera but no memory card.

mikeSF · 10-23-2014, 09:44 AM

funny because the first and only one i remember happened LAST NIGHT. I was dreaming about calibrating the O-GPS1 and lining up my tripod head to frame the ISS flying over. First of all, i've never shot the ISS before nor considered trying it, so the dream was from out of nowhere. I was using the DA*55/1.4, i remember that clearly. wierd.

---------- Post added 10-23-2014 at 09:45 AM ----------

Originally posted by mattb123

Yeah, my photo dreams are usually a very important shoot where I'm missing a critical piece. Like having everything except the camera, or having the camera but no memory card.

ah, the old, not wearing pants in public dream.

**mattb123** · 10-23-2014, 09:46 AM

Originally posted by mikeSF

funny because the first and only one i remember happened LAST NIGHT. I was dreaming about calibrating the O-GPS1 and lining up my tripod head to frame the ISS flying over. First of all, i've never shot the ISS before nor considered trying it, so the dream was from out of nowhere. I was using the DA*55/1.4, i remember that clearly. wierd.

---------- Post added 10-23-2014 at 09:45 AM ----------

ah, the old, not wearing pants in public dream.

A sign of my seep seated insecurities, for sure!

severalsnakes · 10-23-2014, 10:29 AM - **2 Likes**

I regularly dream of holding and using lenses; some I have in reality, some only exist in my dreams and I wake up yearning for them. Not any lens in particular, just that I really liked it. I wake up in the morning and think, "Oh, I have to use that lens today!" only to remember that it was simply a dream. :-) The disappointment only lasts a few moments.

VisualDarkness · 10-23-2014, 10:47 AM - **2 Likes**

Forgetting things, dropping stuff and having lenses basically exploding when I try to repair them are the most common photo related dreams for me. Not very encuraging.

shaX 07 · 10-23-2014, 11:47 AM

I'll have to sleep on it and get back to you.

6BQ5 · 10-23-2014, 12:26 PM

It's good to hear other photo related dreams. I'm glad to know it's not just me!

**sergysergy** · 10-23-2014, 05:50 PM

Sometimes I dream I go to an event I have been waiting for all year long and I am there without the proper lenses....just a dream, just a dream

AldaCZ · 10-24-2014, 10:14 AM

Originally posted by severalsnakes

I regularly dream of holding and using lenses; some I have in reality, some only exist in my dreams and I wake up yearning for them. Not any lens in particular, just that I really liked it. I wake up in the morning and think, "Oh, I have to use that lens today!" only to remember that it was simply a dream. :-) The disappointment only lasts a few moments.

f1.0 16-70 Ish WR zoom

with Aperture ring and...nice MF feel..I know these dreams

6BQ5 · 10-24-2014, 11:16 AM

I had another dream. It was of a K-01 with a removable pentaprism / viewfinder assembly. With nothing mounted the body was a plain K-01. I had the option to swap in a pentaprism or slide in an EVF in place. The mirror just stayed up for the EVF. You got a stabilized view with histogram overlay. Or, mirror goes down and it's an OVF.

Outis · 10-24-2014, 11:50 AM

Oh, all the time. I can't remember any of them off the top of my head, though...

AldaCZ · 10-24-2014, 01:15 PM

Originally posted by 6BQ5

I had another dream. It was of a K-01 with a removable pentaprism / viewfinder assembly. With nothing mounted the body was a plain K-01. I had the option to swap in a pentaprism or slide in an EVF in place. The mirror just stayed up for the EVF. You got a stabilized view with histogram overlay. Or, mirror goes down and it's an OVF.

I would love a hybrid finder

(focus peaking with zoom in the finder..

)

10-23-2014, 07:39 AM	#1
6BQ5 Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Nevada, USA Photos: Albums Posts: 3,348	Ever have photography related dreams? I had one that I remember as being weird but I only remember one scene of it. It was an outdoor scene, golden hour, and I was photographing a landscape or something. I remember shooting with my FA 43mm what must have been a FF digital body. After snapping the photo I said, "Wow, I can't believe I used to give up all those pixels." It's an odd thing to say. You?

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10-23-2014, 08:35 AM	#2
magkelly Veteran Member Join Date: May 2010 Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,901	Yeah. Quite frequently actually. I'm always snapping something in my dreams. Last time I was at some spot trying to get a shot of the landscape, had been working on it for a while trying to get just the perfect shot, and then a whole bus of people pulled up and unloaded behind me and started clicking with their cell phones and their tablets. I was a little annoyed, lol.

10-23-2014, 09:27 AM	#3
VisualDarkness Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Uppsala, Sweden Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,439	Dreams? More like nightmares.

10-23-2014, 09:41 AM	#4
mattb123 Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Colorado High Country Photos: Gallery Posts: 10,872	Yeah, my photo dreams are usually a very important shoot where I'm missing a critical piece. Like having everything except the camera, or having the camera but no memory card.

10-23-2014, 09:44 AM	#5
mikeSF Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: East Bay Area, CA Photos: Gallery Posts: 6,620	funny because the first and only one i remember happened LAST NIGHT. I was dreaming about calibrating the O-GPS1 and lining up my tripod head to frame the ISS flying over. First of all, i've never shot the ISS before nor considered trying it, so the dream was from out of nowhere. I was using the DA*55/1.4, i remember that clearly. wierd. ---------- Post added 10-23-2014 at 09:45 AM ---------- Originally posted by mattb123 Yeah, my photo dreams are usually a very important shoot where I'm missing a critical piece. Like having everything except the camera, or having the camera but no memory card. ah, the old, not wearing pants in public dream.

10-23-2014, 09:46 AM	#6
mattb123 Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Colorado High Country Photos: Gallery Posts: 10,872	Originally posted by mikeSF funny because the first and only one i remember happened LAST NIGHT. I was dreaming about calibrating the O-GPS1 and lining up my tripod head to frame the ISS flying over. First of all, i've never shot the ISS before nor considered trying it, so the dream was from out of nowhere. I was using the DA*55/1.4, i remember that clearly. wierd. ---------- Post added 10-23-2014 at 09:45 AM ---------- ah, the old, not wearing pants in public dream. A sign of my seep seated insecurities, for sure!

10-23-2014, 10:29 AM - 2 Likes	#7
severalsnakes Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Kansas City, KS Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,612	I regularly dream of holding and using lenses; some I have in reality, some only exist in my dreams and I wake up yearning for them. Not any lens in particular, just that I really liked it. I wake up in the morning and think, "Oh, I have to use that lens today!" only to remember that it was simply a dream. :-) The disappointment only lasts a few moments.

10-23-2014, 10:47 AM - 2 Likes	#8
VisualDarkness Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Uppsala, Sweden Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,439	Forgetting things, dropping stuff and having lenses basically exploding when I try to repair them are the most common photo related dreams for me. Not very encuraging.

10-23-2014, 11:47 AM	#9
shaX 07 Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Maine Posts: 331	I'll have to sleep on it and get back to you.

10-23-2014, 12:26 PM	#10
6BQ5 Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Nevada, USA Photos: Albums Posts: 3,348 Original Poster	It's good to hear other photo related dreams. I'm glad to know it's not just me!

10-23-2014, 05:50 PM	#11
sergysergy Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2011 Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,170	Sometimes I dream I go to an event I have been waiting for all year long and I am there without the proper lenses....just a dream, just a dream

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10-24-2014, 10:14 AM	#12
AldaCZ Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: North Bohemia Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,251	Originally posted by severalsnakes I regularly dream of holding and using lenses; some I have in reality, some only exist in my dreams and I wake up yearning for them. Not any lens in particular, just that I really liked it. I wake up in the morning and think, "Oh, I have to use that lens today!" only to remember that it was simply a dream. :-) The disappointment only lasts a few moments. f1.0 16-70 Ish WR zoom with Aperture ring and...nice MF feel..I know these dreams

10-24-2014, 11:16 AM	#13
6BQ5 Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Nevada, USA Photos: Albums Posts: 3,348 Original Poster	I had another dream. It was of a K-01 with a removable pentaprism / viewfinder assembly. With nothing mounted the body was a plain K-01. I had the option to swap in a pentaprism or slide in an EVF in place. The mirror just stayed up for the EVF. You got a stabilized view with histogram overlay. Or, mirror goes down and it's an OVF.

10-24-2014, 11:50 AM	#14
Outis Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Cambridge, MA Posts: 935	Oh, all the time. I can't remember any of them off the top of my head, though...

10-24-2014, 01:15 PM	#15
AldaCZ Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: North Bohemia Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,251	Originally posted by 6BQ5 I had another dream. It was of a K-01 with a removable pentaprism / viewfinder assembly. With nothing mounted the body was a plain K-01. I had the option to swap in a pentaprism or slide in an EVF in place. The mirror just stayed up for the EVF. You got a stabilized view with histogram overlay. Or, mirror goes down and it's an OVF. I would love a hybrid finder (focus peaking with zoom in the finder.. )