On 11/10/02 at 21:06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Davis) wrote: > And the age old problem of capturing a great image continues no matter > what you put to your eye. Getting used to your equipment is real > important, but how can you do that when you're upgrading so much, > changing to digital, learning software, calibrating printers, etc.? > > I'm a techo freak and love hardware. But taking great pictures somehow > seems separate from that.
I have a natural resistance to upgrading. This can be unfortunate- using an excessively out of date PC for example is not a pleasant experience. I changed to Macs for various reasons, but one of them was that they don't seem to "go out of date" quite as quickly. And I think similar long leaps may exist in other areas of technology too. Film cameras, albeit themselves already "out of date" anyway, have not dated very quickly- I'm still using cameras and lenses made in the 40s (admittedly not very many). Also from the 50s and 60s. I don't expect anything like this longevity with a digital camera but it will still be interesting to see how I can stagger my upgrades and reduce their overall number. Updating hardware solely because an update exists doesn't make total sense to me- i think what makes more sense for me is to view the technical progress as a series of small steps and decide which steps are the significant ones to jump onto. In some areas and for some people it may mak e sense to get virtually every upgrade as it appears. I'm hoping though that with the digital slr I will be able to act in a restrained manner, not getting one at all until the performance/price ratio is appropriate for me and then upgrading only when there is a good reason for doing so. Joe B. * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
