Comments on: She’s a hard road, son, finding the perfect camera

By: Tony Bridge

Tony Bridge — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:32:17 +0000

And what sort of P-shop are we talking about, MJ? one of those ones in High Street which stay open all hours?

By: Tony Bridge

Tony Bridge — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:29:55 +0000

Curious you should mention that, Don…. I have been looking at this….It worked for Ans Westra…
But I can’t detect Honours Detection….
http://www.mainlinephoto.com.au/prod394.htm

By: Ivan McLellan

Ivan McLellan — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:30:50 +0000

A camera is just a tool to record an image which you the photographer had seen in your mind eye. It does not have to be the latest whizbang with zoom lenses to 24 factor, with the Zeiss lenses and a very large megapixel count.

A friend of mine, (now 90) was a professional photographer in Auckland, was the President of the Association in 1957, did incredible bridal portraits unequalled in Auckland, and when he sold his business still had the wooden Century Studio Camera which was a collector’s item, and a enlarger that he consigned to the tip. He used no fancy modern equipment to make his incredible images.

Sometimes photographers buy new equipment with the hope that it will make them a better photographer, I’m sorry to disappoint you, it won’t. However sometimes it makes it easier for an excellent photographer to work.

It will leave each one of you individually to work out what category you fall into with regards to the above paragraph.

By: mj

mj — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:25:08 +0000

My perfect camera is embedded in my head – just between my eyes. It never leaves me and is always ready. It only records the ‘wow’ stuff I see about every 5 minutes – and it records it in the way that I SEE IT. No camera bag, lens changing, updating ,batteries or worries about sensor. It knows. And all I have to do is spend an hour in a gallery, or read some poetry, or be ‘caught’ in NW light and it’s bursting to go. And I’ll never trade it in on the new version. That is….

Until they come out with the deluxe model that will record those fantastic images that float through my vision when I’m dreaming just before I wake. Way way way better than any p-shop stuff!

By: Don

Don — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:15:29 +0000

Tony for goodness sake just go and buy a twin lens Rollei with planar lens and start taking real photos again !!

By: Tony Bridge

Tony Bridge — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:40:16 +0000

Only a tax lawyer or a barrister could afford one of those…or Mark Hotchin….

By: Wendy B

Wendy B — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:50:01 +0000

Sounds like a Leica S2 to me Tony??

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:19:31 +0000

Hmmm, that wasn’t a very clever thing to say was it! I was looking at Brian’s comment box when I made that remark. Guess that’s payback for trying to be clever with Tony Bridge.
Now, back to figuring out why all these prints have a blue cast! – Joking.

By: Tony Bridge

Tony Bridge — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:46:59 +0000

off white??? ASP, you need to calibrate that dodgy Mac monitor…

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:45:58 +0000

Hey Tony the css is broken on the blog page. I’m seeing yummy black text on a scrumptious off white background, I’m going to quickly re read the posts before you fix it!