Get soft contact lenses and the problem will go away and you will ask yourself why you did not do it sooner.
Coincidentally, I’m thinking of selling one of my two Leica lenses because I find it unworkable with spectacles. That will leave me with one format, one camera, one lens. I welcome the constraints. The alternative seems to be always wishing you owned/had brought something other than what you have.
While walking through the forest and in ‘serious photo taking mode’ my mirrorless digital camera photographs look very much like my 4x5 images.
I never made a print larger than 11x14 in over 40 years with the 4x5, so think I'll be okay. Thank you for your concernI get your point, but if you are only going to make 3x5" prints a 110 camera can produce great results.
I’ve learned that I see the world completely differently depending on what camera I’m using -
Item; one 8x10 view camera, 20 holders, four lenses, one Cook converter, one ten-inch wide-field Ektar, one nine-inch Dagor, one six and 3/4 “ Wollensak Wide Angle
Item; one seven by seventeen special panorama camera, with a Protar 13 1/2 inch lens and five holders
Item; one four-by-five view camera, six lenses, … .Beaumont Newhall describing Ansel Adams' equipment.
I agree.
Seems if on is a talented musician, being an equipment hound is ok. I think the same holds true for photographers. Sure there are a lot of great 'one-camera-one-lens' photographers, but I think there are a lot of photographers that collect equipment. For example Ansel Adams:
For most cameras and lenses I see a usage curve showing a classic head/tail distribution: lots of use right after purchase and eventual decline to a very modest level. I have cameras that I only made 30 images with!
I have only five trombones and one tuba. I’m afraid to count my cameras.
Hangs on wall, kind of garbage it's a Samick from the 80's and only sometimes shocks me.
Just a remark. (Sorry, a lengthy safety digression.) The strings on an electric guitar are intentionally connected to the signal ground which is (should be) connected to the amplifier ground. If you are getting a tingle or a shock, it's not the guitar's fault, it's that the amplifier is improperly grounded or plugged into bad wiring.
Older amplifiers that used two prong plugs sometimes had a capacitor wired across the power lines to dump hum. Under certain circumstances you can get shocked/tingled through this capacitor. It won't pass enough current to injure you if the capacitor is in good condition. In principle, if the cap fails as a short rather than failing open, you could get a very bad shock. It is not clear that this capacitor has ever killed/injured anyone, but the amplifier should be maintained and/or properly grounded, and a few guitar players have been killed by bad stage wiring. See https://robrobinette.com/Death_Cap_and_Ground_Switch.htm for more information.
In the Bad Old Days, like the 1980s, we would sometimes get shocked/tingled by guitars/mics when playing in places (like our ancient college dorms) with questionable wiring, but did not really understand it. I now understand that it was most likely from the guitar and mic being plugged into devices (like an amp and mixer) that either did not have 3-prong plugs, or extension cords/outlets that were not properly grounded, so that the amp and mixer had different hot/neutral connections.
I hear you man... same here... one cello (which I learned as a kid), 2 upright basses (more fun in orchestras than the cello), 2 electric basses, 2 amps, 3 saxophones... now I would like to buy a piano but I am running out of space in my apartment!Yes! This I agree with.
Do you know a guitarist aside from Willy Nelson or Brian May that only have one guitar? I can barely play and I have 3 electric, 3 bass (one I lent out and it has a new home) an acoustic a half size that doesn't work and a uke. Each one has a different use.
My camera collection is a joke compared.
I had serious hifi-, camera- and computer GAS for years, starting in my 20s: Ah, to be young and fiscally reckless again.I don't know that a person is ever totally GAS-free, but now that I'm older, much now falls into the category of been-there-done-that, and like Dexys Midnight Runners, they've had their moment in the sun.
Half-frame 35 mm aka "subminiature photography for lazy people", has been one of the more noteworthy things to come out of my Film 2.0 adventure to date. And I probably ought to hang onto my Lomo LC-A.
I hear you man... same here... one cello (which I learned as a kid), 2 upright basses (more fun in orchestras than the cello), 2 electric basses, 2 amps, 3 saxophones... now I would like to buy a piano but I am running out of space in my apartment!
My camera collection is more extensive in numbers but fits nicely in 1 drawer
Enjoy all your toys. YOLO. There's no point in life if it's not fun. Making it fun is our own responsibility.
(PS. I wish we could have as many partners as music instruments or cameras)
The only thing shocking about my guitars is how woefully I play them...
I only have two guitars these days. A Seagull acoustic Mohagany/Cedar that sounds like it should be played by someone with talent, and a Reverend Rocco dual humbucker with coil taps that makes a lot of sweet noise, which hides the aforementioned woefulness. I had a wonderful Gretch jumbo acoustic years ago and I could never get a good sound out of it. One day a friend with talent picked it up and after about ten seconds of hearing that guitar played by him I just shook my head. He still has it...
In comparison I couldn't even tell you the cameras I have. I keep buying them. I do use them though. I started shooting a few years ago with a Minox I was given back in the 90s. It was one of those "one of these days" cameras that sat around for more than two decades. I now have 6 of them. Don't even get me started on enlarging lenses. They are like rabbits. Put a couple in a drawer and before you know it you have a dozen, so you give some away, then before you know it you have another dozen. Makes no sense.
A few years back I realized that any film cameras I buy I will have the rest of my life, so I might as well get them while I can. I figure I have another 30 years if I'm lucky and film sticks around, although at the rate we are going film will cost more than eggs pretty soon....
I have access to one but still haven't tried it. Maybe this yearPaul, I found my Nikonos IVa 35mm underwater camera shot on land with it's 35mm lens extremely sharp. Go figure? The camera weighs a ton, but it just takes nice sharp pictures.
I'm guilty of that too. I focus on the TV, exercise the shutter, measure differences in exposure, adjust settings by feel without looking at the camera... I find it keeps me on my toes when I'm actually out shooting - there's nothing more annoying than having to remember how to adjust a specific setting and missing out on a shot. I do the same with a welding rod to improve my muscle memory.I read in a recent post that one Photrio member sits on the sofa "exercising" all his cameras while watching TV
My intent was to dispel the myth that a "real photographer" can use any camera. For some people certain cameras just don't work. And I wonder if certain Masters like HCB would have ever become so successful if certain cameras didn't exist. Would HCB's photographs be as compelling had he used a Rolleiflex TLR, or an 8x10 ? I think camera choice is a lot more important that many want to admit.The net result of the OP's well intentioned post is that he has given GAS-aholics yet another rationalization to press the Buy button
- there's nothing more annoying than having to remember how to adjust a specific setting and missing out on a shot. I do the same with a welding rod to improve my muscle memory.
They are tools...they shape the way we see.
IMO, those tools carry the same importance as the printing process used, the film used, the subject, the composition, and the intent of the photographer. And a few other things I haven't thought about yet.
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