On hand I agree with the blogger that you gotta change things up to keep
challenging yourself. That's why I shoot film, medium format, experiment
with developing. use antique and junk cameras, *got a Q*, and try new
ideas in general.
On the other hand, I've done much the same work with multiple
generations of gear I do a lot of the same stuff with a DSLR as I did
with an SLR and slide film. It is easier these days, but but it's not
much of difference. Upgrading to a full frame body, changing from brand
x to y, upping megapixels, getting a piece of glass that is a bit faster
or longer or sharper - I don't see any of that as actually being about
change or challenge. It may be about incremental improvement, but
ultimately it is not about fundamental change. So I agree that
fundamental change is great, but that usually means going back to more
primitive and basic modes simply because the difference between consumer
grade and the latest pro grade gear is ultimately insignificant.
Freud wrote about the narcissism of small differences - the idea that
people with small differences can clash more than those with significant
differences in their world view. When confronted with something similar
to what you are familiar with the differences are exaggerated. When
confronted with something totally difference, you actually see it as
something different and thing differently about it. You see it all the
time in our consumerist society were minor differences have to be
exaggerated in order differentiate products that are otherwise
essentially the same.
I'd change brands in a heartbeat if I really thought there was any
significant difference. I do see a difference still in some other
approaches - like those I mention above - and totally agree that is the
way to go.
Mark
On 2/23/2013 5:00 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
Just in case you need to convince The Bank about why you need that
K-5, or you need to justify to the PDML why you sold all your Pentax
gear, here's Kirk Tuck with some good words:
"The brain stays flexible as long as you challenge it. I can think of
nothing less challenging than to use the same tools to do the same
craft over and over again in the same way."
http://visualsciencelab.blogspot.ca/2013/02/anatomy-of-friendly-portrait-session.html
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