I don't think so anymore.Sometimes the trip is just more interesting than the deatination.Otherwise,APUG wouldn't need a forum;just a gallery.I'm not in it for the image.I'm in it for the image making!
I don't think so anymore.Sometimes the trip is just more interesting than the deatination.Otherwise,APUG wouldn't need a forum;just a gallery.I'm not in it for the image.I'm in it for the image making!camera, lens, film, developer &c
its all just static
its the image that matters ...
to me at least,
its like tuning in a radio station you can barely get
That was a really nice dinner you made;You must have very good pots."That's a really nice photograph. You must have a really good camera."
I don't think so anymore.Sometimes the trip is just more interesting than the deatination.Otherwise,APUG wouldn't need a forum;just a gallery.I'm not in it for the image.I'm in it for the image making!
Taking a photograph requires using a "whole system". If any part of that system is missing the system doesn't work. The body is therefore as important as any other part of the system. This seems like a fairly pointless topic to me.
If you don't beleive this, throw your camera body away and take the other parts of the system and try and make a photograph. You will then find out how important the body is.
i agree ... but the gear isn't the be all and end all,
and to the folks the OP is refering to, who NEED to know what camera body,
what lens, what sort of lens wrap or camera bag, eye cup, soft release, lens shade, tripod &c was used
( i figure they don't need the tripod holes until they get the gear ), to them the gear is the be all and end all ...
photography is more than just a hassle blad body and lens
or a ebony and brass body and 1200fineartxl schneider convertible lens.
sure, sometimes that stuff matters, as others have said, for bragging rights,
and for something to talk about because talking about imagery isn't as easy
as talking about how someone's apo-15 coated surface 5000$ lens makes such nice cute puppy pictures.
or what base+fog might be or what app can be downloaded as a densitometer or light box or ...
gear+technique is important, but it doesn't donald the photograph that comes out at the end.
maybe it does for some, but not to everyone ...
i have done just that, taken lenses off of one type camera, or used instant film in another or roll backs on another and used them with
cameras (or enlargers )that didn't originally have these features and it worked just fine ...
But you had to find another body or you couldn't have done it. i.e. it wouldn't work without a body.
i misread what you wrote, and thought you were suggesting that the body of a system ( like a mamiya system or leica system or hassy system )
required the rest of the parts to be whole, i didn't realize you meant you need a body otherwise there is no way to make an image
sorry for my confusion!
My point is that the camera body is as important as every other part of the system.
I am tired of piece part body replacements, next time I go in for surgery I was a complete body replace with an 18 to 21 male hard body. That way I would only have one recovery and one rehabilitation.
I hear you. I just had a hip replaced.
I emphatically disagree with this statement, the materials that the a the camera body is manufactured from the precision they are assembled with are of great importance to the quality of the final image that the camera is able to produce, how parallel the bearing surfaces lens mount is to to the film guide rails is of paramount importance in producing overall sharpness on the negative the same principle also applies to enlargers.The camera is just the body that makes the film advance. Regarding this only aspect, I'd say the durability of the body has its importance. Overall, though, it is your composition that matters.
But the lens has a definitive impact on the quality of the picture. IMHO.
I'm waiting for the 'subject bell';It' rings every time an interesting subject is found and a picture should be taken; why not?Which camera is easier to ask than which tools and materials.
When we post images on social media, forums, etc what I noticed is people mention 'Shot with X camera' and get done with it. Even when people see a analog image the question is which camera you shot this with and sometimes the question of film. But technically the thing that plays a major part in the image might not be the camera body. I think it should start with the Lens & Film, Exposure settings (if you have written them), the development process/chemicals and the print/scan.
What is your stand on the camera body used ? Is it more important than the lens, film, development, print/scan ? :confused:
And both of the comments are generally true. If you don't believe me then we have to do some kind of statistically analysis.That was a really nice dinner you made;You must have very good pots.
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