The Truth
Posted 11/08/2014 - 23:53
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Doesn't matter how or with what an image has been taken - it's the result that counts.
Posted 12/08/2014 - 00:01
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Across the web there will be similar threads in countless forums all discussing this subject, the original blogger would be proud.
My take on this is that there are bad cameras - ones that are inconsistent in one way or another - i.e. the fleabay bargains with wonky shutters, overlapping frames and dodgy light seals. Now (since probably the '70s) it's very rare to get a new camera like this (Holga's etc. excepted), although some of the Russian/Chinese gear was a bit wonky into the '80s.
The rest is largely down to personal choice, some cameras are better than others for particular jobs, environments or users. Pros started using DSLRs when they hit the mighty heights of 6MP. People shot war & sports successfully way before AE, AF and digital arrived. Most of the 'sports' shots I see now are those really taxing ones like the football manager with his hands on is head/mouthing off to the ref. or the runner collapsed on the track/draped in the flag at the end of the race.
Every AF system since the ME-F has claimed you'll never take an out of focus shot again, and each new generation re-affirms that it is better than its predecessors. Anybody complaining about high ISO noise (or yellow noise in the blacks) at anything over ISO 3200 should remember the fastest colour film was generally ISO 1600 and very few people needed to use that.
The biggest single factor with my shots that don't work out is composition. It's not usually the complicated things that let you down, but the simple things you are fully in control of (or should be).
My take on this is that there are bad cameras - ones that are inconsistent in one way or another - i.e. the fleabay bargains with wonky shutters, overlapping frames and dodgy light seals. Now (since probably the '70s) it's very rare to get a new camera like this (Holga's etc. excepted), although some of the Russian/Chinese gear was a bit wonky into the '80s.
The rest is largely down to personal choice, some cameras are better than others for particular jobs, environments or users. Pros started using DSLRs when they hit the mighty heights of 6MP. People shot war & sports successfully way before AE, AF and digital arrived. Most of the 'sports' shots I see now are those really taxing ones like the football manager with his hands on is head/mouthing off to the ref. or the runner collapsed on the track/draped in the flag at the end of the race.
Every AF system since the ME-F has claimed you'll never take an out of focus shot again, and each new generation re-affirms that it is better than its predecessors. Anybody complaining about high ISO noise (or yellow noise in the blacks) at anything over ISO 3200 should remember the fastest colour film was generally ISO 1600 and very few people needed to use that.
The biggest single factor with my shots that don't work out is composition. It's not usually the complicated things that let you down, but the simple things you are fully in control of (or should be).
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