Buying a Summicron APO isn't going to improve your images if you are using a Craperon enlarging lens or a Junque 4000 scanner. And a Craperon enlarging lens and a Junque 4000 scanner won't do your Holga images any favors either.
The process and "doing" of photography is a system after all.
$440 in 1960 is $4100 today, and even if we had $4100 to spend on a camera, some of us don't have 60 years left to amortize the cost. I wish you good health so that you can continue to reduce the annualized cost of your Leica.Averaging cost over the years (without taking inflation into account) my M4 with 50mm Summicron lens, bought new from Willoughbysmin 1960s, has cost me less than $10.00/year.
Oh yes, the discount cost $440.00 back then...which was a LOT of money.
Happy wife (spouse/husband/partner) means happy life.I was just wondering whether I could get better artistic photos if I got a Sub-Zero to store my film?
I am not sure my wife would be all that happy if I bought an $8000 freezer and loaded it up with film. On the other hand, it does maintain temperature to one degree, so the film wouldn't freeze and thaw, freeze and thaw, leaving it in top shape for better artistic photos. On the other hand, maybe if I got a cheap freezer, it would go through its freeze and thaw routine a lot, and I would end up with a bunch of film that could pass as premium Lomography film for artists.Happy wife (spouse/husband/partner) means happy life.
Happy life might mean more artistic photos.
Unless of course, you are looking for the tortured artist groove.
A freezer that freezes and thaws all the time is a broken freezer not a cheap one.I am not sure my wife would be all that happy if I bought an $8000 freezer and loaded it up with film. On the other hand, it does maintain temperature to one degree, so the film wouldn't freeze and thaw, freeze and thaw, leaving it in top shape for better artistic photos. On the other hand, maybe if I got a cheap freezer, it would go through its freeze and thaw routine a lot, and I would end up with a bunch of film that could pass as premium Lomography film for artists.
Thank you Mr. Literal for that astute observation.A freezer that freezes and thaws all the time is a broken freezer not a cheap one.
I feel like a freezer czar now.Thank you Mr. Literal for that astute observation.
I am not sure my wife would be all that happy if I bought an $8000 freezer and loaded it up with film. On the other hand, it does maintain temperature to one degree, so the film wouldn't freeze and thaw, freeze and thaw, leaving it in top shape for better artistic photos. On the other hand, maybe if I got a cheap freezer, it would go through its freeze and thaw routine a lot, and I would end up with a bunch of film that could pass as premium Lomography film for artists.
The thing is you can't very well hide a Sub-Zero in your camera bag. There are a lot of pieces to this puzzle.My girl friend encourages it.
Well, the thread title doesn't actually refer to "expensive" photographic equipment.The thing is you can't very well hide a Sub-Zero in your camera bag. There are a lot of pieces to this puzzle.
It is pretty clear from the OP that the word "expansive" in the title of the thread is a typo. The OP is pondering better artistic photos with "expensive cameras and expensive films, in comparison to some cheap camera and cheap film".Well, the thread title doesn't actually refer to "expensive" photographic equipment.
It refers to "expansive" photographic equipment.
It is pretty clear from the OP that the word "expansive" in the title of the thread is a typo. The OP is pondering better artistic photos with "expensive cameras and expensive films, in comparison to some cheap camera and cheap film".
I sure wish I could find that tongue-in-cheek emoticon....It is pretty clear from the OP that the word "expansive" in the title of the thread is a typo. The OP is pondering better artistic photos with "expensive cameras and expensive films, in comparison to some cheap camera and cheap film".
I would say 'usually' to the question as stated in the title, and 'up to the artist' to the question as thought of.I sure wish I could find that tongue-in-cheek emoticon....
Although this one is close
Yea, your ego or whatever isn't paying attention to what you're doing and like magic you finally are free to make art. It just takes a lot more effort to get there with fancy gear.What I want to say that maybe there is some physiological factor to it when using different priced cameras? For example difference when using Nikon F with Non Ai 50mm vs 5€ nikon F65 with the AF 50mm lens, technical factor here is the same.
Yea, your ego or whatever isn't paying attention to what you're doing and like magic you finally are free to make art. It just takes a lot more effort to get there with fancy gear.
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