This is all such a pile of dog doo. Pros in one field use different cameras and want or require different features than pros in another field. Gary Winogrand had no need for flash or autofocus or shooting modes or any of that stuff. David Hurn, a Magnum photographer, chose a low-end Canon for one of his cameras and an old Rollieflex 6x6 as another for a project he was working on (interesting how he chose the camera for the project, not as his only "pro" camera). A photojournalist may need features and specs that a fashion photographer wouldn't. The world has gone digital, but a few weeks ago I was watching a shoot for the cover of a local magazine. The pro was using an old manual Hasselblad - he liked the size, weight, handling, and results he got from it. No desire or need for a digital back or a digital workflow. He sure had some neat lights though. A client of mine who does advertising and product photography uses both film and digital, cameras from an old 'blad to some new, high tech digi stuff to 4x5 film . There are a number of pros on one of the other mailing lists I subscribe to who use mostly manual cameras as well as digital. Some, for a good portion of their work find that film works best, others, who do a different type of photography, move easily between film and digital, and others have moved to digital and sold all their film gear.
Anyway, speaking only for myself, this pro-v-amateur, better-v-lesser crap is getting tiresome. Shel "You meet the nicest people with a Pentax" > [Original Message] > From: Cory Papenfuss > I would argue for "fewer pro-oriented features." A lot of the > advantages of of DS[2] could be construed as not necessarily important to > pro users (bigger screen, USB2 on-camera, etc)... I presume pros would be > concerned with the picture quality (identical) and the ability to use > high-end peripherals (flashes, grips, etc). The only one I can think of > that's contrary would be the larger buffer on the DS... that's just > because it's a newer generation. > > Whatever... I grow weary of this line of questioning... :)
