Way back I used a Super Canon Lens 'R' 58mm f1.2 on a Flex RM and the difference in viewfinder brightness and the ability to fine focus between the 1.2 and a std. 1.8 was quite substantial.vuk said:There is another BIG advantage of a fast lens on an SLR: you will have a brighter view through the finder.
I wonder where the current Dslr's will be in near 60 years time ?
Joe,Joe Petrik said:Probably something blingy, with a glowing blue ring around the lens to show off to the easily impressed that the camera has a 6mm to 2000mm f/8 to f/32 zoom lens.
Joe
I'm not a camera snob -- a great picture is a great picture, whether it's taken with a disposable, Lomo, point-n-shoot, Olympus OM-1, Digital Rebel, Leica MP, or $23k 22MP Hasselblad H2D.Very nice I'm sure but my days of spending money on expensive cameras are long gone and so is my lens changing,here's a photo of my last digi - camera bought off ebay last fall - new and unused for less than £65 (yes,larf,larf,snigger,snigger)
Joe Petrik said:Is there any reason why, for instance, Alex G needs to spend £2600 on a D200 (one for himself and one which he'll kindly send to me as a gift)
Just trying my Jedi mind trick across vast distances. Is it working?AlexG said:
I completely agree,but the one thing I really appreciate about digital photography is it's ability to cut out the middle man ie the darkroom ~ printing expert eg Fred Picker,Ansel Adams and Gene Nocon.Joe Petrik said:Artioneer,
A great picture is a great picture, whether it's taken with a disposable, Lomo, point-n-shoot, Olympus OM-1, Digital Rebel, Leica MP, or $23k 22MP Hasselblad H2D.
I wouldn't want to downplay the importance of good darkroom technique, or the modern equivalent -- Photoshopping and digital printing -- but surely the rare talent is in taking the masterpiece in the first place, like this French bloke had done so often:I still say that almost everyone is capable of taking a masterpiece photo,even more so now that the real expertise - darkroom printer has been eliminated.