Monito wrote:
You mis-comprehend. I\'m all for \"technology which opens up more creative possibilities after point of capture\". I use DPP, GIMP, Photoshop CS, Hugin, and Lightroom.
Except when it conflicts with your arbitrary definition for what qualifies for the manly art of photography. Plenty of folks would look down on you for relying on any of that. Not me.
Since you\'ve been lacing your posts with an assumption of superiority, let me give you the counterpoint. The camera doesn\'t mean anything to me. I care about exactly one thing: the fleeting moment I\'m trying to grab. Anything that gets in the way, anything at all, I\'d toss immediately. If I could shoot at ISO 100K with the same quality as 100, I\'d do it, because then I wouldn\'t have to care about shutter or aperture most of the time. If I could capture my eyeball stream, I\'d choose that in a heartbeat.
If you like the feel of a finely crafted machine, of messing with dials or chemicals, of taking pride in knowledge that sets you apart, that\'s all fine. But that\'s not photography. Those are accouterments. Photography is getting the image by whatever means, and the easier the better. There\'s no partial credit; you either made the shot or you didn\'t. The process (which has been in flux forever) isn\'t relevant.
Feb 22, 2013 at 04:53 PM
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