I\'m kinda confused, you\'re agreeing to agree with me? 5 years ago, we could not do the things we can today with photography. Namely with low light. Today, with the advent of clean extreme high ISO, it has the power to morph photographer\'s own creativity to take full advantage of new capabilities to do things we were never able to do. When you can suddenly shoot clean ISO 102,400, I\'m sure the average photographer will think of things they can do and brand new ways of expressing themselves in ways they couldn\'t have done before. The really good ones will dazzle with new ways to tell a story. Does this make a person more marketable? I think so.
And yes, most clients cannot tell the difference between a 5D and 5D2 (unless it\'s a 5D2 image shot at ISO 3200 in a difficult lighting situation which the 5D2 is slightly better at). However, most clients can tell the difference between a shot on a digital camera and that from a medium format film camera. They look vastly different. There is absolutely nothing wrong with expecting the best from your gear and wanting the company who makes your gear to respectfully not play marketing games with the tools that you make a living with. Marketing games that can cause a downfall in the quality of your imagery like crippled auto focus.
Regardless of what a client thinks, I simply want photographic gear that puts little to no limitations on what my imagination can conger up. Better gear simply allows me to be better. Otherwise I\'d be happily shooting a 10D.
adrianb wrote: cineski wrote:
Actually, gear CAN keep you competitive in the market. I\'d much rather have clean ISO 6400-12800 so I can shoot avail light in dark locations with perfect results. I\'d rather have 14 stops of dynamic range (even more if possible). I\'d rather have crystal clean shadows so I can shoot for highlights and expose in post. I\'d rather have fantastic auto focus so I can nail the shot in tricky lighting. I\'d rather have video (I shoot 5D1) so I can do some multi-media. All this translates to better and better ways for me to express my photography without gear being the limiting factor....which ultimately helps book more jobs.
Gear can only fool you to think it will somehow transform you in a better photographer.
I\'m not here to deny the importance of GEAR. I\'m just here to say that we\'re making a much bigger deal regarding gear.
If you shoot in broad daylight do you think your customers will EVER tell the difference between a 5Dc shot and a 5D II one?
The things you mentioned are the ones concerning me as well (higher clean iso, better AF and better DR).
But if you make a living out of this....there\'s no point in whining because SURELY you will be ABLE to buy the new body which comes along and delivers this.
I think you over estimate the client\'s perception on gear (results)
Feb 07, 2012 at 03:22 PM
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