"Modern age common culture is built upon progressive disregard of human
factor and hence reliance of gear/automatics/you name it".
Boris, you've hit the nail on the head. When I started out in analytical
chemistry half a century ago, one needed very good bench skills to get
acceptable results. Today, analysts don't even need to know much about
chemistry - the "machines" do all the work. The golden age of chemistry has
passed. Long live the "nice" cameras.
Alan C
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From: Boris Liberman
Sent: Monday, July 11, 2016 6:23 AM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: Re: "You must have a nice camera!": Results vs. Tools (or Toys)
Igor, I am yet to hear someone tell me that my camera is nice. Which,
I am telling you, will be met with a wide smile...
However, more than once I was told that I must be professional
photographer or that my pictures look professional. This is always met
with a strong denial. However, I oftentimes use: "Oh no, it is my gear
that is so good at making pictures" lame excuse that fascinatingly
works more often than not.
Modern age common culture is built upon progressive disregard of human
factor and hence reliance of gear/automatics/you name it.
Boris
On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 9:40 PM, Igor PDML-StR <pdml...@komkon.org> wrote:
Something just hit me, provoking this line of thoughts...
Preamble:
How many times have you heard (usually from people you don't know
closely):
"You've got nice photos, you must have a nice camera!".
I (and probably some PDMLers) have always been ... maybe "somewhat
frustrated" is the right word here.
(And I understand that they are just trying to say something nice, without
realizing how awkward it sounds.)
At some point, I had been happy to find (a few years ago) a nice joking
response to that: "Your food is delicious, you must have a great stove (or
pot, skilet...)!"
Today, I realized that many people on PDML (myself included) frequently
show
a photo, admiringly discussing the lens (or camera) it was taken with.
Ghm... Maybe I shouldn't be frustrated about people saying what appears to
be awkward...
And then I thought that while cooking, sometimes I enjoy a very good knife
or a very nice set of skillets we bought several years ago. ... or a
convenient tea-pot for brewing tea that we've found after long search for
what we needed. Or that electric tea kettle that has been chugging along
for
15 years. ... and several other tools and items that are made well and
work
well.
... But, I still feel awkward about "you must have a nice camera!"
Maybe because those knives and skillets don't make me a better cook, and
my
camera doesn't make me a better photographer. They only help me being more
effective (and efficient) in what I can do.
So, I guess that awkward feeling comes from the subconsious realization
that "you must have a nice camera!" undervalues my skills in favor of the
equipment.
...
Igor
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